hush money
掩口费,掩饰费,嘘嘘费,掩人耳目的钱
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- : a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
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That precipitated a congressional hearing, in which records were subpoenaed about cover-ups, hush money and deleted shadow logs.
It was hush money, basically—payment for signing a waiver that said I would never sue them or talk about any of this to the media and rival affiliates.
And Epstein continues to steer money toward universities to advance scientific research.
Speech, in this case, is our ability to spend money on a goofy entertainment.
I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.
If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
She vowed to repay the money—no official word, however, on whether she ever did that.
If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.
All the Italian merchants in the realm of France, called money lenders, seized by order of Philip the fair, for their ransoms.
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
He was positive he had seen some one enter the room, go to the chair, and take the money from his pockets.
Here there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the Roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"