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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Blood money

/blŭd mŭn'-ē/ · Blood· mon·ey · IPA
01 Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
  1. 1.
    Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
  2. 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.