hush-money

Any organization that can pass out hundreds of millions in hush-money can damn-well afford to pay taxes.

Think Progress » Catholic League: Church Abuse Scandal Is A Crisis Of ‘Homosexuality,’ Not ‘Pedophilia’ 2010

This pattern of deception, hush-money, concealment and foot-dragging was, in common parlance, a cover-up.

News International: The cover-up and the cops | Editorial 2011

Rupert Murdoch's son sought to deny that "astronomic sums" had been secretly paid out to a hacking victim as hush-money.

James Murdoch: hack victim's payout sparks queries over hush-money denial 2011

Other than a handful of others (such as Dennis Kucinich and Russ Feingold), the vast majority of the others are shameless corporate cronies, deep inside the pockets of bribery, hush-money and lobbyist funding.

Edward Kennedy- The Last of the Genuine Liberals: A Cicero for Our Times 2009

Richard Nixon: Even though I did not feel that I had engaged in these activities consciously in so far as the knowledge of, or participation in, the break-in, the approval of hush-money --

Spencer Green: The 10,000th, 10,001st, and 10,002nd Frost/Nixon Parody 2009

If I had only had a little hush-money – yes, yes, I understand that eye! but as to those paltry sums I have had, from time to time, since this affair, why they could not be expected to last for ever: And the first went to a housemaid, – and the second to the groom, – and the third '–

Camilla 2008

Finally, this is about Cantwell, because it bears on her judgment (for entangling herself with a lobbyist with whom she also has a deep personal relationship), and raises questions about possible improper dealings with a lobbyist, and possible payment of hush-money to a lover's ex-wife.

Sound Politics: Cantwell advisor: political contributions are a "necessary business expense" 2006

And Omar was stupid enough to think that he was smart enough to get me cornered and keep the hush-money game going for as long as I lived in fear of disclosure.

The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

And Omar was stupid enough to think that he was smart enough to get me cornered and keep the hush-money game going for as long as I lived in fear of disclosure.

The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

And Omar was stupid enough to think that he was smart enough to get me cornered and keep the hush-money game going for as long as I lived in fear of disclosure.

The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007