hush money
英式
- money paid to someone to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information
noun: hush money
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. informal money paid to someone to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information he used it as hush money for his mistress
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- IPA[ˈhəSH ˌmənē]
美式
- money paid to someone to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information: he used it as hush money for his mistress
Oxford American Dictionary