Meaning of blood money | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Money that is obtained at the cost of another's life.
   informal, uncountable
2. Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed.
   uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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