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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Emails from Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, adviser Roger Stone and adult film actor Stormy Daniels, who was a key figure in the Manhattan hush money trial against Trump, were also reportedly accessed. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 2 July 2025 Trump was convicted in May 2024 of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels, whose affair accusations threatened to upend his 2016 presidential campaign. Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025 This hearing is the latest development in the case involving hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 June 2025 Emil Bove attends Manhattan criminal court during Trump's sentencing in the hush money case in New York, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hush money

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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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