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Definition of Blood money
1. Noun. Compensation paid to the family of a murdered person.
2. Noun. A reward for information about a murderer.
3. Noun. Paid to a hired murderer.
Definition of Blood money
1. Noun. Money paid by a killer, or on his behalf, to one of his victims' next of kin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Blood money
1. 1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. 2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Money
Literary usage of Blood money
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815: New by Sir Spencer Walpole (1913)
"l " Blood-money," as the parliamentary reward was commonly ... As blood-money
was only offered for particular offences, it was the interest of the police ..."
2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"His relatives then pay ddit, or blood-money, to the family of the victim, but
this only prevents the offended party from taking revenge on any of them, ..."
3. An Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to S. Matthew by Alfred Plummer (1910)
"Mt. says that the traitor, in remorse, returned the blood-money,2 and committed
suicide by hanging, the place of his death not being stated. ..."
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