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.

Examples of hush money in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In addition to his ongoing hush money trial in Manhattan, and the federal elections case, Trump faces a federal indictment in Florida for hoarding classified documents, and state election charges in Georgia. —

Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024 The man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump's hush money trial was being held has been pronounced dead, according to officials. —

Landon Mion, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024 Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, allegedly in an attempt to conceal hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. —

Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024 The incident occurred shortly after a full jury of 12 people and six alternates had been seated in Trump’s hush money case, the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. —

Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024 The Latest | Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates seated in Trump’s hush money trial News Colorado News News 1 of 3 In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, people visit the Columbine Memorial, April 17, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. —

Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024 Trump hush money trial live updates: Full jury panel now selected The NYPD said there were no threats to public safety but the NYPD Bomb Squad was sweeping the area out of an abundance of caution. —

Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024 Trump’s latest social media attack arrived amid his ongoing hush money trial in New York City, for which Kimmel has been roasting Trump for all week on his ABC late night show. —

Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024 Instead, most of the nation is getting news of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial secondhand. —

David Bauder, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024

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