- a fee paid to a hired murderer.
- compensation paid to the next of kin of a slain person.
- money obtained ruthlessly and at a cost of suffering to others.
- money paid to an informer in order to cause somebody to be arrested, convicted, or especially executed.
- compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered person
- money paid to a hired murderer
- a reward for information about a criminal, esp a murderer
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