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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Todd Blanche, Trump’s lead counsel at the hush money trial, serves as deputy attorney general.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 30 May 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court for former US President Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City, on April 30,...
—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Before being tapped for the DOJ, Blanche served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his hush money trial, in which Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
—Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former lead attorney in his New York hush money case, has been tapped as acting librarian of Congress, The Hill has learned.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 May 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 30 May 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court for former US President Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City, on April 30,...
—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Before being tapped for the DOJ, Blanche served as Trump’s defense lawyer during his hush money trial, in which Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
—Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former lead attorney in his New York hush money case, has been tapped as acting librarian of Congress, The Hill has learned.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for hush money
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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