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blood money
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blood money
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blood money
noun
blood money
noun
Learner's definition of BLOOD MONEY
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disapproving
:
money gotten by killing someone or because someone has died
the
blood money
earned by people who profited from the tragedy
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money paid to the family of a person who has been killed
They accepted
blood money
in exchange for the murderer's execution.
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