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hush money

掩口费,掩饰费,嘘嘘费,掩人耳目的钱

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.

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Examples

  • 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!"