Definition of "blood-bought" []

• Bought or obtained at the expense of life or by the shedding of blood, as in the crucifixion of Christ.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Racial profiles, our blood-bought right to vote trashed in Florida, Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima—and how many more must Texas drag behind the cruel velocity of her contempt?"
• "Will you repeat the mistake of your fathers, who sinned ignorantly? or will you profit by the blood-bought wisdom all round you, and forever expel every vestige of the old abomination from our national borders?"
• "What if he didn't resist that temptation to resort to blood-bought power?"