QUESTION: - What is the definition of "canoodling"?

canoodle -verb
intr
canoodled, canoodling
1. colloq
To hug and kiss; to cuddle

The above definition is the one that, until 1 December 2007, was generally accepted. However, there is now a new definition.

To "canoedle", in the case of the infamous John Darwin, now means: -

"...to head out to sea in a canoe, disappear from sight, go missing
for 5 years, during which time you are declared dead by the Coroner, thereby
allowing your apparently distraught wife to claim on your life insurance and
accept £70k 'death in service' monies from your employer, allowing her to
establish a new life in Panama."

However, this version of canoedling, appears to have been undone when a photo came into the public domain, ironically showing Mr Darwin as not being dead at all, but actually "canoodling" with his wife in her new flat in Panama. His assertion to the police a few days prior to the photo being discovered, was that he had lost his memory and couldn't account for the last 5 years of his life.

Well I think he may find the next 5 years a little easier to account for - inside Her Majesty's prison, following a conviction for fraud!