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verb · intransitive · rare

boodle

boodle · boodles · boodled · boodling

To engage in briberyTo engage in bribery.

/ˈbuːdəl/

Meaning

1 senses

(slang)To engage in bribery.

Origin

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle (dialectal term meaning building or house).

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Forms

boodles, boodling, boodled, boodled

regular · Lesson

Base form	boodle · to boodle
3rd person singular	boodles
Present participle	boodling
Past simple	boodled
Past participle	boodled

Tenses

boodle · boodled · will boodle · have boodled

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	boodle
he, she, it	boodles

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have boodled
he, she, it	has boodled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will boodle

Past simpleLesson

all persons

boodled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

booger bookA1 bookcaseA2

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