boodling

English

Verb

boodling

1. present participle and gerund of boodle

Noun

boodling (countable and uncountable, plural boodlings)

1. (US, informal, dated) political corruption involving money; bribery
   • 2009 April 22, Jim Dwyer, “When the City Held Pirates in High Regard”, in New York Times‎:

     “This boodling was worth a hundred thousand pounds a year to the city,” they wrote.

Anagrams

• blooding