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hush mon·ey

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hush moneynoun

    a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret

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  1. hush moneynoun

    A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime).

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  1. hush money

    Hush money is a financial sum offered or given to someone in order to persuade them to keep quiet about a secret or potentially damaging information that could harm the person providing the money. It is an unofficial, illegal or corrupt way of silencing someone to prevent them from disclosing sensitive, often scandalous, or incriminating information.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hush money in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hush money in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hush money in a Sentence

  1. Ron DeSantis:

    I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, i just, I can’t speak to that.

  2. Roger Stone:

    > Washington( CNN) In one of the most anticipated congressional hearings in -- at least -- a generation, Michael Cohens spent better than six hours answering questions from members of Committee Democrats about the decade he spent working for Donald Trump.Much of the hearing was simply partisan jousting. Committee Democrats sought to tease out details of Trump's role in hush money payments made to two women alleging affairs with Ivanka Trump in the mid-2000s, and how long conversations about the Trump Tower Moscow project continued into the 2016 general election campaign. Republicans sought to remind people that Cohen was a liar, having already pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, and was likely to write a book about his experiences. ( I'm still not sure what that second point has to do with anything, but that's what they focused on !) Amid all of the yelling and partisanship, however, we did learn some things from Cohen. And he confirmed some other things. My list is below.1. Cohen said Ivanka Trump spoke with Roger Stone about WikiLeaksSaid Cohen in Ivanka Trump opening statement :.

  3. Robert Trout:

    Reports claiming that Ms. Hicks was involved in conversations about 'hush money' payments on October 8, 2016, or knew that payments were being discussed, are simply wrong, ms. Hicks stands by her truthful testimony that she first became aware of this issue in early November 2016, as the result of press inquiries, and she will be responding formally to Chairman Nadler's letter as requested.

  4. Michael Cohen:

    Other checks tmsnrt.rs/2BVqSeh to reimburse me for the hush money payments were signed by Don Jr. and Allen Weisselberg.

  5. Stephanie Clifford:

    TRUMP REP, FORMER PORN STAR DENY ‘ HUSH MONEY ’ CLAIMS In a letter, obtained and reviewed by Fox News, Stephanie Clifford also denied all allegations. I recently became aware that certain news outlets are alleging that I had a sexual and/or romantic affair with Donald Trump many, many, many years ago. I am stating with complete clarity that this is absolutely false, my involvement with Donald Trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more.


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