"boodling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boodlings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} boodling (countable and uncountable, plural boodlings)
  1. (US, informal, dated) political corruption involving money; bribery Tags: US, countable, dated, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-boodling-en-noun-uYH~5waf Categories (other): American English

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} boodling
  1. present participle and gerund of boodle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: boodle
    Sense id: en-boodling-en-verb-OR8QAlld Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68

Inflected forms

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