hush money

noun

: money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up
He's accused of paying her hush money to keep their affair secret.

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Friday’s hearing took place in the same courtroom where President Donald Trump faced criminal trial in a hush money case last year. Emma Tucker, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025 Both men represented Trump in his criminal hush money case, in which he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025 He was convicted by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case involving Stormy Daniels. Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025 Trump received an unconditional discharge in the New York hush money case last month but is appealing the conviction. Update 2/14/25, 10:54 a.m. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hush money

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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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