| 词汇 | blood money |
| 词源 | blood money. The expression can mean money paid to a hired killer; money obtained ruthlessly from someone; money paid to an informer; money earned at the cost of another’s life; and even money paid to the family of a slain person. It is an old term for old practices, the words appearing in the 1535 Cover- dale Bible (Matt. 27). |
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