boboln.

Brit.

/ˈbɒbɒl/, U.S.

/ˈbɑbɑl/, Caribbean English /ˈbʌbɑl/, /ˈbɑbɑl/

Forms: 1900s– boball, 1900s– boballe, 1900s– bobbol, 1900s– bobboll, 1900s– bobol, 1900s– boboll, 1900s– bohbohl, 1900s– buball, 1900s– bubbul, 1900s– bubol, 1900s– buboll, 1900s– bubul.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Kongo. Etymon: Kongo -bubulu.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Kongo -bubul- (in e.g. bubula to become spoiled or corrupt), although this poses phonological problems.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad).

Fraudulent activity; esp. misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds. Also: an instance of this; a swindle, a scam.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun]

misnimming?c1225

embezzlement1548

malversationc1550

falsity1581

misapplication1607

interverting1614

peculate1617

peculation1658

abstracting1669

plunderage1700

interversiona1754

conveyancing1754

misappropriation1794

abstraction1823

defalcation1832

malappropriation1848

teeming and lading1859

boodlery1886

bobol1907

chop-chop1966

liberation1966

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of

lurch1533

fool-finder1685

chouse1708

swindle1778

swindling1814

do1821

shave1834

steal1872

fiddle1874

diddle1885

ramp1888

tweedle1890

take-down1892

window dressing1892

gyp1898

bobol1907

flanker1923

hype1926

have-on1931

chizz1953

scam1963

rip-off1968

rip1971

1907 Port of Spain Gaz. 5 Oct. 5/4 Oh, man, I give Pierre 6s for you, I could not get more because the other men made a ‘bobol’.. and I had to threaten to lock them up, and that is what I could get.

1974 Tapia (Trinidad) 7 July 1/1 The nauseating stench of corruption, incompetence, chicanery, doubledealing, bobol, and plain thievery has now reached right into the Prime Minister's Office.

2005 R. Maharaj Perfect Pledge vii. 67 That Sookdeo is a first-class crook... Have a finger in every bobol and skulduggery in the village.

2020 Trinidad & Tobago Guardian (Electronic ed.) 27 Dec. (accessed 5 Feb. 2021) Corruption and bobol were rampant at Licensing Offices across the country.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bobol
释义	boboln. Brit. /ˈbɒbɒl/, U.S. /ˈbɑbɑl/, Caribbean English /ˈbʌbɑl/, /ˈbɑbɑl/ Forms: 1900s– boball, 1900s– boballe, 1900s– bobbol, 1900s– bobboll, 1900s– bobol, 1900s– boboll, 1900s– bohbohl, 1900s– buball, 1900s– bubbul, 1900s– bubol, 1900s– buboll, 1900s– bubul. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Kongo. Etymon: Kongo -bubulu. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Kongo -bubul- (in e.g. bubula to become spoiled or corrupt), although this poses phonological problems. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad). Fraudulent activity; esp. misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds. Also: an instance of this; a swindle, a scam. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun] misnimming?c1225 embezzlement1548 malversationc1550 falsity1581 misapplication1607 interverting1614 peculate1617 peculation1658 abstracting1669 plunderage1700 interversiona1754 conveyancing1754 misappropriation1794 abstraction1823 defalcation1832 malappropriation1848 teeming and lading1859 boodlery1886 bobol1907 chop-chop1966 liberation1966 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of lurch1533 fool-finder1685 chouse1708 swindle1778 swindling1814 do1821 shave1834 steal1872 fiddle1874 diddle1885 ramp1888 tweedle1890 take-down1892 window dressing1892 gyp1898 bobol1907 flanker1923 hype1926 have-on1931 chizz1953 scam1963 rip-off1968 rip1971 1907 Port of Spain Gaz. 5 Oct. 5/4 Oh, man, I give Pierre 6s for you, I could not get more because the other men made a ‘bobol’.. and I had to threaten to lock them up, and that is what I could get. 1974 Tapia (Trinidad) 7 July 1/1 The nauseating stench of corruption, incompetence, chicanery, doubledealing, bobol, and plain thievery has now reached right into the Prime Minister's Office. 2005 R. Maharaj Perfect Pledge vii. 67 That Sookdeo is a first-class crook... Have a finger in every bobol and skulduggery in the village. 2020 Trinidad & Tobago Guardian (Electronic ed.) 27 Dec. (accessed 5 Feb. 2021) Corruption and bobol were rampant at Licensing Offices across the country. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907
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