hush money en · NOUN
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(uncountable) A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime).
He holds, I am given to understand, a small official appointment in the colony. If it were known that he had received hush money, he would be ruined.
1854, James A. Maitland, chapter XXIX, in The Cabin Boy's Story, Garrett & Co., page 297:The scandal was even greater when it was announced that hush money had been paid to keep the faulty products unannounced.
Is paying hush money a crime? In most cases, the answer is no. Hush-money agreements, otherwise known as nondisclosure agreements, have long been used by companies and private individuals to avoid litigation and keep embarrassing information confidential.
2023 April 4, Michael Rothfeld, “Private or Political? Charges Over Hush Money Hinge on Payment’s Purpose”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Lawyers defending Mr. Trump, who denies he had sex with her, will likely argue that his employees were responsible for the paper trail that falsely described the reimbursement of the hush money as legal fees for Mr. Cohen.
2024 April 21, Michael Rothfeld, “Tracing the Trail of Hush-Money Deals That Led to Trump’s Prosecution”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Relateds
non-disclosure agreement · blackmail
Translations (22)
gv argid tostid (bribe to maintain secrecy) · scn mazzetta (bribe to maintain secrecy) · ja 口止め料 (bribe to maintain secrecy) · ja 鼻薬 (bribe to maintain secrecy) · ru де́ньги за молча́ние (bribe to maintain secrecy) · fr bakchich (bribe to maintain secrecy) · oc vinatge (bribe to maintain secrecy) · ko 입막음 돈 (bribe to maintain secrecy) · nl zwijggeld (bribe to maintain secrecy) · ko 입막음 용 돈 (bribe to maintain secrecy) · es coima para acallar (bribe to maintain secrecy) · cmn 遮羞費 /遮羞费 (bribe to maintain secrecy) · cmn 封口費 /封口费 (bribe to maintain secrecy) · tr sus payı (bribe to maintain secrecy) · de Schweigegeld (bribe to maintain secrecy) · fi vaitioloraha (bribe to maintain secrecy) · oc dejós de man (bribe to maintain secrecy) · ru бакши́ш (bribe to maintain secrecy) · fi vaikenemisraha (bribe to maintain secrecy) · es untada por el silencio (bribe to maintain secrecy) · fa حقالسکوت (bribe to maintain secrecy) · fr pot-de-vin (bribe to maintain secrecy)