- 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.
- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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