- blood money
- The price paid for causing a person's death.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
blood money
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blood money — blood ,money noun uncount 1. ) money paid for someone to be murdered 2. ) money paid to the family of someone who has been murdered 3. ) money paid to someone to allow a person close to them to be used or harmed in some way … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
blood money — n. 1. money paid to a hired killer 2. money paid as compensation to the next of kin of a murdered person; wergeld 3. money gotten ruthlessly at the expense of others lives or suffering … English World dictionary
blood money — blood .money n [U] 1.) money paid for murdering someone 2.) money paid to the family of someone who has been murdered … Dictionary of contemporary English
blood money — money paid to the relative of a murdered person, dirty money The widow refused to take blood money from the men who murdered her husband … English idioms
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