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Blood Money

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(1):

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.

(2):

Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Blood Money'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/blood-money.html. 1828.
 
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