blood money
noun
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
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.
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America will never be a safe haven for Maduro’s blood money.
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
This is truly the definition of ‘blood money’.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Instead, the blood money will be repurposed toward something if not good, then necessary: their families, their futures, their personal slice of paradise.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
The government is destabilizing the economy, destroying the national infrastructure through neglect and a lack of resources, and turning taxpayer dollars into blood money with its endless wars, drone strikes and mounting death tolls.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
This is truly the definition of ‘blood money’.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Instead, the blood money will be repurposed toward something if not good, then necessary: their families, their futures, their personal slice of paradise.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
The government is destabilizing the economy, destroying the national infrastructure through neglect and a lack of resources, and turning taxpayer dollars into blood money with its endless wars, drone strikes and mounting death tolls.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for blood money
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“Blood money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20money. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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