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noun

1.

a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.

Origin

1700-1710

1700-10

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Examples from the web for hush money

• It was essentially hush money, as in, shut up and do whatever role you'reasked.

British Dictionary definitions for hush money

hush money

noun 

1.

(slang) money given to a person, such as an accomplice, to ensurethat something is kept secret

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Slang definitions & phrases for hush money

hush money

noun phrase

Money paid to ensure silence : You can't give ''hush money'' to someonewho's already talked (1709+)

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
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Idioms and Phrases with hush money

hush money

A bribe paid to keep something secret, as in No amount of hush money willkeep that scandal from coming out. [c. 1700 ]

I am suggesting that the $5000.00 in campaign contributions paid to Sen. Bill Cunningham from CSX Corp. and Grand Trunk RR, during the past few years, was intended to be hush money. Consider the following:

• During the past 4 years, the number of trains using the CSX line has increased from 12 to 40 per day. That is an increase of over 300%.
• That on any giver day over 1000 tank cars roll down the CSX line through through our neighborhood. Never is a word said about either the number of theses tank cars or their contents. 
• That there are numerous documented cases of ambulances and other emergency vehicles unable to get to their destination because of a stopped train. 
• That collectively, during the past four years, Sen. Bill Cunningham and other local politicians have accepted over $40,000 from CSX Corp and Grand Trunk RR.
• That the Illinois Commerce Commission has regulatory authority over all railroads operating in the state of Illinois, yet Sen. Bill is silent on this issue. 
• That CFD has a standing order to transport injured people or others in need of medical care to Metro South or Roseland Community Hospital, when a train is stopped. 

Next time you are waiting for a stopped train at 103rd street, like what happened last Tuesday evening, keep in mind that Sen. Cunningham may be feasting a  juicy steak dinner with the RR lobbyist in Springfield.

Shame on you Sen. Cunningham. You were elected to represent the peoples interest in Springfield. Instead, the interest of out of state corporations has taken priority.