boodleizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

動詞

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

1. To bribe.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 2013 March 12 [1968], Anton Myrer, chapter 1, in Once an Eagle, HarperCollins, →ISBN, Orchard:

     "That's war, my girl," he retorted, and rubbed his mouth with the back of his hand. "What are you suggesting—that I boodle-ize it all for the boy? That's what war is …"

同意語

• boodle, bribe, pay off; see also Thesaurus:bribe

参照

• “boodleize, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.