hushmoney

Out of prison he had constantly had the officers of justice on his track; he had been forced to pay hushmoney to informers; he had stolen, in ignominious disguises, through windows and trapdoors, to meet his flock, and had, while pouring the baptismal water, or distributing the eucharistic bread, been anxiously listening for the signal that the tipstaves were approaching.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

` ` We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or hushmoney, as they ca it; she might hae been sure that I wad say naething wad harm her, for a 'the gowd in Lunnon.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

“We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or hushmoney, as they ca’ it; she might hae been sure that I wad say naething wad harm her, for a’ the gowd in Lunnon.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

"We hae eneugh, and it looks unco like theftboot, or hushmoney, as they ca 'it; she might hae been sure that I wad say naething wad harm her, for a' the gowd in Lunnon.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801