hush-moneyn.

Etymology: See hush v.¹ 3.

Money paid to prevent disclosure or exposure, or to hush up a crime or discreditable transaction.

ΚΠ

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 26. ⁋9 I expect Hush-Money to be regularly sent for every Folly or Vice any one commits in this whole Town.

1731 J. Swift To Gay in Poems 107 A dext'rous Steward, when his Tricks are found, Hush-money sends to all the Neighbours round.

1845 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 79 820 This bill..[is] hush-money given, that they [may] not proclaim to the whole country..the sufferings of the population.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 214 He had been forced to pay hushmoney to informers.

1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) x. 352 The cops will be sitting on our necks... The natural thing, under the circumstances, would be to put something aside for hush money.

1957 Economist 9 Nov. (Suppl.) 11/2 She would write her memoirs and include in them faithful records of her association with every noble lord who failed to pay hush money to the tune of two hundred pounds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	hush-money
释义	hush-moneyn. Etymology: See hush v.¹ 3. Money paid to prevent disclosure or exposure, or to hush up a crime or discreditable transaction. ΚΠ 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 26. ⁋9 I expect Hush-Money to be regularly sent for every Folly or Vice any one commits in this whole Town. 1731 J. Swift To Gay in Poems 107 A dext'rous Steward, when his Tricks are found, Hush-money sends to all the Neighbours round. 1845 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 79 820 This bill..[is] hush-money given, that they [may] not proclaim to the whole country..the sufferings of the population. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 214 He had been forced to pay hushmoney to informers. 1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) x. 352 The cops will be sitting on our necks... The natural thing, under the circumstances, would be to put something aside for hush money. 1957 Economist 9 Nov. (Suppl.) 11/2 She would write her memoirs and include in them faithful records of her association with every noble lord who failed to pay hush money to the tune of two hundred pounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1709
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