boodler
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun One who accepts or acquires boodle; one who sells his vote or influence for a bribe, or acquires money fraudulently from the public.
Examples
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Did he just bluff with me when he called me a boodler and threw me downstairs in the county convention?
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The Angel Gabriel would become a boodler under our system of government.
A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West, by Hamlin Garland
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It's because you are a fair fighter and not a boodler that we want you at the head of the street department now.
Note
‘Boodle’ refers to ‘money fraudulently obtained in public service,’ and comes from the Dutch ‘boedel,’ estate.
