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blood money definition

blood money

  1. money paid to a hired killer
  2. money paid as compensation to the next of kin of a murdered person; wergeld
  3. money gotten ruthlessly at the expense of others' lives or suffering

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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