0 money that is given to someone to make them keep something secret:
1 money that is given to someone so that they will not give secret information to other people:
Sometimes it is seen as hush money or a sweetener; sometimes it is spent simply to get rid of a nasty problem quickly.
The only question is whether hush money will be paid to the victims and, if so, how much.
Nobody has ever insulted me with hush money of that kind.
It is because there is a need to pay "hush money", blackmail and contributions both by the company and by the individuals.
Synonyms: kickbacks, baksheesh(tips), payola, hush money, sweetener, protection money, boodle, and gratuity.
Use was also made of the media, and hush money were regularly paid to journalists.
He was reportedly deep in debt and being blackmailed for hush money by members of the yakuza.
Puppeteers were willing to pay large sums of hush money in order to suppress even trivial details about their homeworld.
