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

His lawyers argue some of the evidence and alleged acts in the hush money case overlap with his time in the White House and constitute official acts. —Brooke Singman, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2024

And in the New York hush money case, Trump’s lawyers are making another attempt to have Judge Juan Merchan remove himself from trial. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels soon before the 2016 presidential election. —Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024

Donald Trump's former spokesperson Hope Hicks is expected to testify for the prosecution at the former president's criminal hush money trial in New York that is scheduled to begin later this month, multiple sources familiar with matter told ABC News. —John Santucci, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024

In one involving hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, the judge announced an April 15 trial date. —Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024

In another case, jury selection in the former president’s hush money trial will begin April 15. —Daniel Wine, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024

Donald Trump's hush money trial is set to begin in April, with a judge setting a start date of April 15 to begin jury selection. —Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024

Trump trials: Donald Trump was slapped with a partial gag order in the New York hush money case that bars him from talking about witnesses and court staffers in the case. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024