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boodleizing

boodleizing is the present participle and gerund of boodleize.

Meaning of boodleize

Verb

boodleize (third-person singular simple present boodleizes, present participle boodleizing, simple past and past participle boodleized)

  1. (US, obsolete, slang) To bribe.
    • Every patriotic man in the state today should look with unfeigned approbation on Robert Vance Davidson, who […] has put the Standard Oil gang in Texas under a fine of over a million and a half dollars […] He fought millions of money in the hands of a set, which has never hesitated to boodleize...1908, "Cyclone" J[ames] H[arvey] Davis, chapter XLIX, in William Alexander Cocke, The Bailey Controversy in Texas, Cocke Company, A Stirring and Patriotic Address, page 974
    Synonyms:
    boodle, bribe, pay off

Questions about boodleizing

What is boodleizing the present participle and gerund of?
Boodleizing is the present participle and gerund of boodleize.

Words near boodleizing in the dictionary

  1. boodle fights
  2. boodled
  3. boodleize
  4. boodleized
  5. boodleizes
  6. boodleizing
  7. boodler
  8. boodlerism
  9. boodlers
  10. boodlery
  11. boodles

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