英语词汇“boodleism”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ˈboodleism n. now historical and rare bribery and corruption in public life; misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds.

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1886 Massillon (Ohio) Independent 26 Mar. It is said that the Cincinnati boodle fund is running low... Boodleism is in a bad way at the present writing.

1902 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. 1901–2 7 9600/1 We are asked to impose a duty for the benefit of a particular firm... In the worst days of ‘Boodleism’ in America such a thing was never done.

1924 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 5 Apr. 12/4 A comfortable, well-fed adventurer may have less concord with boodleism than fire with water, but a starving, leaderless adventurer is quite another matter.

1984 G. Yago Decline of Transit vi. 142 The fight against streetcar boodleism.

单词	boodleism
释义	> as lemmas ˈboodleism ˈboodleism n. now historical and rare bribery and corruption in public life; misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds. ΚΠ 1886 Massillon (Ohio) Independent 26 Mar. It is said that the Cincinnati boodle fund is running low... Boodleism is in a bad way at the present writing. 1902 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. 1901–2 7 9600/1 We are asked to impose a duty for the benefit of a particular firm... In the worst days of ‘Boodleism’ in America such a thing was never done. 1924 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 5 Apr. 12/4 A comfortable, well-fed adventurer may have less concord with boodleism than fire with water, but a starving, leaderless adventurer is quite another matter. 1984 G. Yago Decline of Transit vi. 142 The fight against streetcar boodleism. extracted from boodlen.¹ < as lemmas
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