Money stolen by politicians.
1858. “Boodle” is a flash term used by counterfeiters…. The leaders [of the gang] were the manufacturers and bankers of the “boodle.”—Harper’s Weekly, April 3, p. 222.
1888. The office [of a City Councilman] is an unsalaried one, and any money that is made out of it is boodle.—Philadelphia Bulletin, Feb. 24 (Farmer).
1909. “Boodle” in Pittsburgh. Looters know not when or how probe will end.—Headlines, N.Y. Ev. Post, Jan. 11.
