blood money
Definition of blood money
1 : money obtained at the cost of another's life
2 : money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed
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Examples of blood money in a Sentence
the blood money earned by people who profited from the tragedy
They accepted blood money in exchange for the murderer's execution.
First Known Use of blood money
1535
BLOOD MONEY Defined for English Language Learners
blood money
Definition of blood money for English Language Learners
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: money gotten by killing someone or because someone has died
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: money paid to the family of a person who has been killed
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