hush money
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6.3
- noun
- /hʌʃ ˈmʌni/
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soborno
- He authorized forgery and the illegal payment of hush money to illegally obstruct an investigation.
- hush money payment
- pay hush money
- alleged hush money
So whoever sat next to her may end up with their own hush money trial this afternoon.
- So whoever sat next to her may end up with their own hush money trial this afternoon.
- They said that the crime there was that he should have used campaign funds to pay hush money to the porn star.
- This case is all about the hush money payments.
- Of course, the hush money trial is about Trump having sex.
- So now you got a new stream of hush money from the Koch to fund the Contras.
- Wow, the Donald Trump strategy to defeat the hush money trial against him just got real really interesting.
- OK, so but like the way he has been able to have the hush money, he's got a porn star, a rape.
Examples
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After the incident, the company paid hush money to silence the employee's allegations.
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I think this former "friend" is just a guy trying to turn a fast buck, and maybe score some "hush money" so he'll simply go away.
Blog text (21) -
A little bit of hush money might just put both of our minds at ease.
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I have heard of at least a dozen, what I'm going to call hush money payments.
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Finally, let us not forget he paid her at least $20K in hush money.
Blog text (3) -
I don't doubt that he paid hush money to Stormy Daniels through Michael Cohen.
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Weakland using diocesan funds to pay hush money to his former boyfriend wasn't illegal.
Blog text (7) -
And she said that she does think she does recall Trump acknowledging that Cohen had made this hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
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The celebrity was given hush money to prevent her from revealing details about the scandal.
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He received hush money in exchange for keeping quiet about the illegal activities he witnessed.
Synonyms
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3.6
Money or a gift given to a person in authority to make them act dishonestly
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5.0
Money given secretly to influence someone in power
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'money given to keep someone quiet' is directly derivable from combining 'hush' (to make quiet) with 'money' (currency); the phrase denotes money used for silencing. This is a straightforward, compositional noun phrase and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Hush money comes from the simple image of giving someone cash to make them quiet: hush means 'be quiet' and money is the payment. That's why it means 'money paid to keep someone quiet'.