| 词汇 | hush-money |
| 释义 | hush money noun[ U ] informaluk /ˈhʌʃ ˌmʌn.i/ us /ˈhʌʃ ˌmʌn.i/ money that is given to someone to make them keep something secret: 封口钱 She claimed that the politician had offered her hush money to keep their child a secret.她声称那名政治人物给了她封嘴钱，不让她把他们有孩子的事说出去。 Payment methods anti-kickback ATM card automatic withdrawal bad cheque baksheesh bribe chip commission liquid meal ticket microtransaction monetization monetize money-back monometallic payoff ready money remittance severance wave and pay hush money | Business Englishhush money noun[ U ] informalukus money that is given to someone so that they will not give secret information to other people: His secretary claims he offered her hush money to keep quiet about the affair. Examples of hush moneyhush money The first con artist offers a sizable sum of hushmoney, and the victim pitches in. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sam runs into a wall of silence obviously built by hushmoney and islanders fearful of reprisals from the rich and powerful family. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sometimes it is seen as hushmoney or a sweetener; sometimes it is spent simply to get rid of a nasty problem quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only question is whether hushmoney will be paid to the victims and, if so, how much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody has ever insulted me with hushmoney of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because there is a need to pay "hushmoney", blackmail and contributions both by the company and by the individuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Use was also made of the media, and hushmoney were regularly paid to journalists. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was reportedly deep in debt and being blackmailed for hushmoney by members of the yakuza. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Puppeteers were willing to pay large sums of hushmoney in order to suppress even trivial details about their homeworld. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The blackmailer is demanding $50,000 in hushmoney. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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