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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Bove represented Trump alongside Blanche throughout the hush money trial and is a former federal prosecutor. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 Trump faced trial in New York City on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hush money payments made to former adult film actor Stormy Daniels. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 Trump’s two federal indictments have already been tossed, and the former president is attempting to do the same in his New York hush money case. —

Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024 Some Democrats defended Biden’s action, noting that Trump had his own challenges, including his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case involving his relationship with pornography star Stormy Daniels. —

James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hush money