BLOOD MONEY


Meaning of BLOOD MONEY in English

1.

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.

Defence lawyers have still not agreed to terms for payment of blood money to the victims’ families.

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2.

Blood money is money that is paid to someone for murdering someone.

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