Definition of Blood money

1. Noun. Compensation paid to the family of a murdered person.

Generic synonyms: Compensation

2. Noun. A reward for information about a murderer.
Generic synonyms: Reward

3. Noun. Paid to a hired murderer.
Generic synonyms: Payment

Medical Definition of Blood money

1. 1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. 2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Money

blood group antigen
blood group incompatibility
blood group substance
blood haemopathies
blood heat
blood island
blood islet
blood kinship
blood knot
blood lily
blood line
blood lymph
blood meal
blood mole
blood money (current term)
blood money (current term)
blood motes
blood pH
blood physiology
blood plasma
blood plasma
blood plasma fractions
blood plastid
blood platelet
blood platelets
blood poisoning
blood poisoning
blood pool imaging
blood porphyrin level
blood pressure

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