Blood Money

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Blood Money

Definition: Blood Money

Blood Money

Noun

1. Compensation paid to the family of a murdered person.

2. A reward for information about a murderer.

3. Paid to a hired murderer.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Blood Money

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Literature

Blood Money Money paid to a person for giving such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of another; money paid to the next of kin to induce him to forego his "right" of seeking blood for blood; money paid to a person for betraying another, as Judas was paid blood-money for showing the band the place where Jesus might be found. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

BLOOD MONEY. The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Crosswords: Blood Money

Specialty definitions using "blood money": THIEF TAKERS. (references)

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Modern Usage: Blood Money

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Screenplays

People aren't born here; they're forged out of broken homes and blood money. It's not to say that there's no justice here, it's just hard to reach sometimes (Dead to Rights; writing credit: Flint Dille; Andre Emerson)

I'm not charging you because I won't take blood money. You can't either (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

Movie/TV Titles

Blood Money (2003)

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Commercial Usage: Blood Money

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Books

  

Theater & Movies

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Blood Money

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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Modern Translation: Blood Money

Language Translations for "blood money"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

mordgeld. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αμοιβή εγκλήματοσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כופר דם. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oodblay oneymay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

компенсация за убийство. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

precio de la sangre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Blood Money

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-m-n-o-o-o-y"

-3 letters: benomyl, bloomed, boloney.

-4 letters: beyond, blonde, bloody, blooey, bloomy, boodle, boomed, doblon, dolmen, embody, emboly, lemony, loomed, looney, melody, mobled, monody, mooley, mooned, nobody, noodle.

-5 letters: bendy, blend, blond, blood, bloom, boned, boney, booed, boomy, demob, demon, dooly, doomy, doyen, dynel, ebony, lemon, lobed, loden, looby, looed, looey, loony, melon, model, moldy, monde.

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