blood money
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English
Noun
- (informal) Money that is obtained at the cost of another's life.
- 1970, “Damned for All Time / Blood Money”, in Tim Rice (lyrics), Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Jesus Christ Superstar:
- Judas: I don't want your blood money!
Caiaphas: Oh, that doesn't matter: our expenses are good.
Judas: I don't need your blood money!
Annas: But you might as well take it; we think that you should.
- Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed.
Translations
money paid to the family of someone killed — see wergeld