hush money

noun

: money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up

He's accused of paying her hush money to keep their affair secret.

Examples of hush money in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two years after a jury made Donald Trump the first president to enter office as a felon, a New York appeals court is considering his bid to throw out his criminal hush money conviction. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Trump’s lawyers urged a New York appeals court Thursday to overturn his 34-count hush money conviction, arguing prosecutors improperly built the case on federal election law. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Cohen was sentenced to three months in prison in 2018 on nine criminal charges, pleading guilty to campaign finance violations involving hush money payments to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and adult film actress Stormy Daniels. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

His criminal conviction for paying out hush money before the 2016 election amounted to no punishment, with the sentencing falling just 10 days before his return to power. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for hush money

• bunny
• funny
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• honey
• runny
• sonny
• sunny
• tunny