hush money

noun

: money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up

He's accused of paying her hush money to keep their affair secret.

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Other Justice Department Jobs Todd Blanche, Trump’s hush money trial lawyer, was tapped as the president-elect’s deputy attorney general. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Blanche is known for aggressively representing the president-elect in his New York hush money trial and in two federal criminal cases. —

Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 On May 30, a Manhattan jury finds Trump guilty of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money scheme to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels about an affair. —

CNN, 21 Nov. 2024 Following the historic political comeback by Trump — a man who won the 45th presidency, lost his first bid for reelection, was found guilty on felony charges in a hush money trial and faced two assassination attempts — here's how people around Louisville are feeling. —

Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hush money