Characterized by or involving boodle; corrupt, dishonest, or tainted by graft.
From 'boodle' plus the adjectival suffix '-y,' creating an adjective meaning corrupt or graft-ridden. This American political slang peaked during the Gilded Age.
Using 'boody' politics to describe an entire system showed how English could morph one noun into adjectives to spread criticism throughout an institution—it's not just one official, but the whole thing is 'boody.'
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