About The Word Blood money
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Blood money
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What's The Definition Of Blood money?
[n] paid to a hired murderer
[n] a reward for information about a murderer [n] compensation paid to the family of a murdered person Synonyms | Synonyms for Blood money: Related Terms | Find terms related to Blood money: account | allowance | amends | assessment | atonement | bill | blackmail | compensation | consideration | damages | emolument | fee | footing | guerdon | honorarium | hush money | indemnification | indemnity | initiation fee | meed | mileage | price | quittance | reckoning | recompense | redress | remuneration | reparation | requital | requitement | restitution | retainer | retaining fee | retribution | return | reward | salvage | satisfaction | scot | smart money | solatium | stipend | tribute | wergild See Also | compensation | payment | reward Blood money In Webster's Dictionary \Blood" mon`ey\
1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been
killed by another.
2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's
life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge,
of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for
committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of
that which will destroy the purchaser.
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