ALL meanings of blood money
blood mon·ey
B b - uncountable noun blood money If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation. 3
- uncountable noun blood money Blood money is money that is paid to someone for murdering someone. 3
- noun blood money compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered person 3
- noun blood money money paid to a hired murderer 3
- noun blood money a reward for information about a criminal, esp a murderer 3
- noun blood money money paid to a hired killer 3
- noun blood money money paid as compensation to the next of kin of a murdered person; wergeld 3
- noun blood money money gotten ruthlessly at the expense of others' lives or suffering 3
- noun blood money a fee paid to a hired murderer. 1
- noun blood money compensation paid to the next of kin of a slain person. 1
- noun blood money money obtained ruthlessly and at a cost of suffering to others. 1
- noun blood money money paid to an informer in order to cause somebody to be arrested, convicted, or especially executed. 1
- noun blood money earned by sacrificing others 1
- noun blood money payment to murder victim's kin 1
- noun blood money Money obtained at the cost of another's life. 0
- noun blood money Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed. 0