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hush mon·ey

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hush moneynoun

    a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret

Wiktionary

  1. hush moneynoun

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

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  1. hush money

    Hush money is a financial sum offered or given to someone in order to persuade them to keep quiet about a secret or potentially damaging information that could harm the person providing the money. It is an unofficial, illegal or corrupt way of silencing someone to prevent them from disclosing sensitive, often scandalous, or incriminating information.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hush money in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hush money in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hush money in a Sentence

  1. Michael Cohen:

    Other checks tmsnrt.rs/2BVqSeh to reimburse me for the hush money payments were signed by Don Jr. and Allen Weisselberg.

  2. Robert Trout:

    Reports claiming that Ms. Hicks was involved in conversations about 'hush money' payments on October 8, 2016, or knew that payments were being discussed, are simply wrong, ms. Hicks stands by her truthful testimony that she first became aware of this issue in early November 2016, as the result of press inquiries, and she will be responding formally to Chairman Nadler's letter as requested.

  3. President Donald Trump:

    I welcome the opportunity to return to Congress to once again testify under oath truthfully and honestly regarding the hush money payments, which was performed at the direction and in accordance with@POTUS@realDonaldTrump. Justice will be served.

  4. David Cay Johnston:

    For 10 years, this was the guy who handled the most sensitive things Donald McGahn had to hide. That's why he is the lawyer on the( Karen) McDougal and the Stormy Daniels hush money payments, donald McGahn knew Donald McGahn could trust Donald McGahn to do Donald McGahn dirty work and to conceal what Donald McGahn really is like from the public.

  5. Darrien Hunt:

    To me it was a gag order — 'Here's some hush money, don't ever say Darrien's name again,'.


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