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Definition of "blood money" []

  • Money paid by a killer as compensation to the next of kin of a murder victim. (noun)
  • Money gained at the cost of another's life or livelihood. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blood money" in a sentence
  • "But Rabbi Seixas and the others, they said it was blood money and they wouldn’t accept it."
  • "As for the Sunnah traditions, is it not reported of the Prophet (whom Allah save and assain!) that he appointed the blood money for a woman to be half that of a man."