
1) American detective novel 2) Bribe of a sort 3) Clams to clam up 4) Counterpart of a speaking fee 5) It buys silence 6) Reward for keeping secrets 7) Sum for keeping mum
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Hush money is a slang term for a form of bribery, in which one person or party offers another an attractive sum of money or other enticement, in exchange for remaining silent about some illegal, stigmatic, or shameful behavior, action, or other fact about the person or party who has made the offer. The person or party who presents the hush money m...
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A bribe or payment, which is often illegal, given to someone to stop them from disclosing information, usually to prevent bad publicity or to hide a crime
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[
n] - a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret
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a bribe to keep someone silent about something, esp. to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
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