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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He was ultimately convicted, separately, in New York on 34 felony counts of falsified business records tied to a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump appealed his New York hush money conviction with a new roster of lawyers.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
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
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Alana Wise, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump appealed his New York hush money conviction with a new roster of lawyers.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
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
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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