boodleize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To bribe. US,obsolete,slang
    — 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.

词形变化

boodleizes present,singular,third-person boodleizing participle,present boodleized participle,past boodleized past boodle-ize alternative

词源

From boodle (“illegally obtained money”) + -ize. First attested in 1883.
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