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hush money
noun
- a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
hush money
noun
- slang.money given to a person, such as an accomplice, to ensure that something is kept secret
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hush money1
Idioms and Phrases
A bribe paid to keep something secret, as in No amount of hush money will keep that scandal from coming out . [c. 1700]Example Sentences
His brief appearance drew more people than the number that attended the public gallery in the same courtroom last year for President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
Bove represented Trump last year in his New York trial over hush money payments, and he was named acting deputy attorney general when Trump was sworn in.
Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels as legal expenses in 2016.
The acts at issue in the hush money case in New York, however, concern actions Trump took before his presidency.
Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to halt his sentencing in the criminal hush money case, which is set for Friday.
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