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Blood money

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Money that is obtained at the cost of another's life. informal, uncountable

    "Judas: I don't want your blood money! Caiaphas: Oh, that doesn't matter: our expenses are good. Judas: I don't need your blood money! Annas: But you might as well take it; we think that you should."

  2. 2
    paid to a hired murderer wordnet
  3. 3
    Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed. uncountable
  4. 4
    a reward for information about a murderer wordnet
  5. 5
    compensation paid to the family of a murdered person wordnet

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