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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal A bribe paid to keep something secret.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A bribe to procure silence; money paid to prevent disclosure or exposure.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret

Examples

  • “The people at the head of News International are the same people who paid hush money to conceal evidence of criminality within their own company and who led a news organisation which – according to the PCC chair, Peta Buscombe – lied to the regulator.”

    The Guardian: News International: Hacking away at the truth | Editorial

  • “You want to give me hush money to swallow down an unrightness that burns my flesh?”

    Hungry Hearts

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