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hush money

–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

  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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