Definitions for: Blood Money


[n] paid to a hired murderer
[n] a reward for information about a murderer
[n] compensation paid to the family of a murdered person



Webster (1913) Definition: Blood" mon`ey
1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been
killed by another.

2. 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.

See Also: compensation, payment, reward

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