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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Trump, who was convicted last year of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment, has previously expressed solidarity with Adams. —

Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 The former governor defended Trump after Trump was indicted in the New York hush money case and likened Trump's legal problems to his own. —

Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025 Trump has tapped his lead attorneys at the hush money trial, Emil Bove and Todd Blanche, as numbers two and three at the DOJ, with Bove now overseeing the department’s day-to-day functioning pending Blanche’s confirmation. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025 The case centered on hush money payments Trump made to former adult film actor in the leadup to the 2016 presidential election. —

Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hush money