Money given to buy silence, get someone to 'take the fifth'.
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Cassopolis saw the whole thing, so Jerome greased his palm with a 'C' note for 'Mums the Word'.
Submitted by WerterBuch on September 05, 2015
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hush money | a bribe paid to keep something secret. |
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