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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In a 5-4 decision earlier this month, the court rejected Trump's bid to delay his criminal sentencing in the hush money case.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Look, this case, this hush money case, was the case that everybody said was the crappy case of the four.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
Demonstrators protest outside Manhattan criminal court before the start of the sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in New York.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Look, this case, this hush money case, was the case that everybody said was the crappy case of the four.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
Demonstrators protest outside Manhattan criminal court before the start of the sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in New York.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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