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Definition of 'Blood money'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) blood money
a fee paid to a hired murderer.

2. blood money
compensation paid to the next of kin of a slain person by the slayer or the slayer's relatives.

3. blood money
money obtained at a cost of suffering to others.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blood money
compensation paid to the family of a murdered person

2. (noun) blood money
a reward for information about a murderer

3. (noun) blood money
paid to a hired murderer

Definition of 'Blood money'

Webster Dictionary

1. Blood money
money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another

2. Blood money
money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser

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