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blood money

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blood money
n.
1. Money paid by a killer as compensation to the next of kin of a murder victim.
2. Money gained at the cost of another's life or livelihood.
blood money
Noun
1. money obtained by ruthlessly sacrificing others
2. money paid to a hired murderer
3. compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered person
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Noun1.blood money - compensation paid to the family of a murdered person
compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
2.blood money - a reward for information about a murderer
reward - payment made in return for a service rendered
3.blood money - paid to a hired murderer
payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
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``It's just that if we actually broadcast the show, we could have said that they took blood money to put on a mindless piece of trash.
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Describing the money donated to rebuild the houses as blood money, Abunimah concluded that, given the lack of international will to curb Israeli aggression, the grass-roots methods of BSD are effective nonviolent alternatives.
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Easy: the state's political machinery--legislators, big city mayors, prosecutors, courts--is dominated by militant pro-aborts, who are richly funded by Planned Parenthood's recycled blood money (millions of taxpayer dollars from government-funded abortions).
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