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

Hicks was called by the prosecution to testify on the 11th day of Trump's New York hush money trial. —David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024

The prosecution’s star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. —Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 3 May 2024

Former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness, has yet to take the stand in the hush money trial. —TIME, 3 May 2024

Donald Trump yesterday held his first campaign rallies since the start of his criminal hush money trial in New York. —Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 2 May 2024

The hush money case, however, may be the only one that goes to trial before the Nov. 5 election. —Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024

Sunny Hostin, who once famously confirmed that Whoopi Goldberg farts the most on the set of The View, has ripped Donald Trump for, uh, allegedly letting one (or maybe several) rip in court during his hush money trial. —Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 1 May 2024

Politics in brief Tabloid tactics: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker’s testimony in Trump’s hush money trial illustrated how shocking the publisher’s tactics were, even by the more lurid standards typical of tabloids. —Josh Feldman, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024

Recommended Why Trump criminal trial is about more than hush money All eyes are now on the Supreme Court, which is expected to resume hearing the case on judicial interference at the end of this month. —Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024