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.
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The defense has also sought to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on Trump’s presidential immunity claims, which his lawyers say could apply to some of the allegations and evidence in the hush money case.
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semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
And though Trump was convicted of felony charges in New York in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 election, he was sentenced in January to an unconditional discharge, leaving his conviction intact but sparing him any punishment.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
In court filings, Trump’s legal team cited the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, issued shortly after the jury convicted Trump in the hush money case, as a reason for the appeals court to throw out the conviction.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
And though Trump was convicted of felony charges in New York in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 election, he was sentenced in January to an unconditional discharge, leaving his conviction intact but sparing him any punishment.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025
In court filings, Trump’s legal team cited the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, issued shortly after the jury convicted Trump in the hush money case, as a reason for the appeals court to throw out the conviction.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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