"boodleize" meaning in All languages combined

See boodleize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: boodleizes [present, singular, third-person], boodleizing [participle, present], boodleized [participle, past], boodleized [past], boodle-ize [alternative]
Etymology: From boodle (“illegally obtained money”) + -ize. First attested in 1883. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|boodle <t:illegally obtained money><id:money>|ize}} boodle (“illegally obtained money”) + -ize, {{etydate|1883}} First attested in 1883 Head templates: {{en-verb}} boodleize (third-person singular simple present boodleizes, present participle boodleizing, simple past and past participle boodleized), {{tlb|en|US|obsolete|slang}} (US, obsolete, slang)
  1. To bribe. Tags: US, obsolete, slang Synonyms: boodle, bribe, pay off

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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, bribe and bulldoze its way where possible.",
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