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Definition of blood money noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blood money

noun

/ˈblʌd mʌni/

/ˈblʌd mʌni/

[uncountable] (disapproving)

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money paid to a person who is hired to murder somebody

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money paid to the family of a murdered person

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