Search Result for "hush money":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hush \Hush\, n.
   Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night."
   --Byron.
   [1913 Webster]

   Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the
      disclosure of facts. --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hush money
    n 1: a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept
         secret