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Definition of Hush money
1. Noun. A bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret.
Definition of Hush money
1. Noun. A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hush Money
Literary usage of Hush money
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft by Thomas Holcroft, William Hazlitt (1816)
"But just as he is going out, he meets Milford; and being more fool than knave,
he tells the latter of his marriage, and of the hush-money to Silky, ..."
2. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George the by Anne Hamilton (1901)
"... A Duchess Visits England — Etiquette — The Pension List — Oppression of the
Masses — Speculations in Stocks — Doctor Randolph's Disclosures—hush money. ..."
3. Rouge Et Noir: The Academicians of 1823, Or, The Greeks of the Palais Royal by Charles Dunne (1823)
"... douceur as hush money, which is even known to go into the pockets of superiors
as well as inferiors, legislative enactments will be of no importance, ..."
4. Gleams of Memory with Some Reflections by James Payn (1894)
"Let us worm ourselves into their confidence and extort hush- money. What do you
say to starting a Limited Company (only you and me) for this purpose ? ..."
5. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1845)
"And if it were hush-money, would it not be well applied?—but in fact it is in no
other sense hush-money than that the diffusion of liberal education and ..."
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