boodleryn.

Brit.

/ˈbuːdləri/, U.S.

/ˈbudləri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boodle v., -ery suffix; boodler n., -y suffix³.

Etymology: Either (i) < boodle v. + -ery suffix, or (ii) < boodler n. + -y suffix³; compare -ery suffix.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Now historical and rare.

Bribery and corruption in public life; misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds; = boodleism n. at boodle n.¹ Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

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

1886 Muscatine (Iowa) Daily Jrnl. 26 Nov. The ‘organ’ apologizes for Democratic boodlery in Democratic New York City.

1896 Winnipeg Daily Tribune 24 June 5/2 Hamilton and Ottawa broke the chains of corruption and boodlery yesterday.

1921 Internat. Brotherhood of Blacksmiths Monthly Jrnl. Sept. 10/2 Our country, ti's of thee, Land of sweet boodlery, To thee we cling.

1981 M. P. Malone Battle for Butte vi. 120 The Rocky Mountain News..likened the Clark boodlery to the earlier case of Alexander Caldwell of Kansas, who had similarly bought up legislators like ‘a drove of cattle’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	boodlery
释义	boodleryn. Brit. /ˈbuːdləri/, U.S. /ˈbudləri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boodle v., -ery suffix; boodler n., -y suffix³. Etymology: Either (i) < boodle v. + -ery suffix, or (ii) < boodler n. + -y suffix³; compare -ery suffix. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Now historical and rare. Bribery and corruption in public life; misappropriation or embezzlement of public funds; = boodleism n. at boodle n.¹ Derivatives. ΘΚΠ 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 1886 Muscatine (Iowa) Daily Jrnl. 26 Nov. The ‘organ’ apologizes for Democratic boodlery in Democratic New York City. 1896 Winnipeg Daily Tribune 24 June 5/2 Hamilton and Ottawa broke the chains of corruption and boodlery yesterday. 1921 Internat. Brotherhood of Blacksmiths Monthly Jrnl. Sept. 10/2 Our country, ti's of thee, Land of sweet boodlery, To thee we cling. 1981 M. P. Malone Battle for Butte vi. 120 The Rocky Mountain News..likened the Clark boodlery to the earlier case of Alexander Caldwell of Kansas, who had similarly bought up legislators like ‘a drove of cattle’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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