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hush money

 
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–noun
a bribe to keep someone silent about something, esp. to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
Origin:
1700–10
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hush money  
n.   Informal
A bribe paid to keep something secret.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hush money

  1. n.
    money paid to buy someone's silence. : There was some hush money paid to someone in city hall.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

hush money

A bribe paid to keep something secret, as in No amount of hush money will keep that scandal from coming out. [c. 1700]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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