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blood money

noun

Definitions

  1. Money that is obtained at the cost of another's life.

    • 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. Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been…

    Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed.

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