Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who accepts or acquires boodle; one who sells his vote or influence for a bribe, or acquires money fraudulently from the public.

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  • noun slang, baseball, dated, 19th C one displaying unsportsmanlike behavior

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Examples

  • I'm sure every boodler saw that headline, "Abbas flies home to violent opposition," and had the same thought, which is: They weren't THAT awful of a band, even if "Dancing Queen" is pretty atrocious.

    Friday's random notes 2010

  • Which politician was the boodler and which the reformer?

    THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

  • Which politician was the boodler and which the reformer?

    THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

  • Which politician was the boodler and which the reformer?

    THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

  • Mr. Candidate, it's been reported that you're a boodler.

    Fox smears Clinton and Obama in one broad stroke. Ann Althouse 2007

  • If the alleged boodler commented, the comment was a fair way to bootstrap the allegation into other news outlets.

    Fox smears Clinton and Obama in one broad stroke. Ann Althouse 2007

  • The man was a stiff, a hackocrat, and a boodler...a friend of the boyz in the back room.

    The Chimes at Midnight 2004

  • Besides salary and per diem, each Secret Service employee received a whopping twenty-five dollars for each boodler he captured.

    The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992

  • Cheaper, botched fakes were sold or sharewared to low-level gangs of boodler wannabes.

    The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992

  • It's because you are a fair fighter and not a boodler that we want you at the head of the street department now.

    A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day Helen M. Winslow

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