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countable and uncountable, plural boodles
(slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag. quotations
He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights
[…] marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment’s notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garotted.
1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
(US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle. quotations examples
He pulled off his coat and threw it down, and declared he'd fight the whole boodle of 'em
January 4 1833, Jack Downing, letter to Ephraim Downing
(US, slang, West Point) Candy and snacks. quotations
Send the first boodle in an airtight container so that there is a place for the storage of future packages […] Suggestions for Boodle: cookies, candy, individual packets of drink mixes (sugar-free), raisins, nuts, gum.
1986, The Parent's Guidebook to West Point, page 62
third-person singular simple present boodles, present participle boodling, simple past and past participle boodled
(slang) To engage in bribery.