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What is blood money?

What is blood money? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Money obtained at the cost of another's life.
  2. Money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed.
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For example, a person of any age or mental function is obliged to pay blood money for a relative who has committed homicide or manslaughter.
But though the relative ease of obtaining insurance money accounts for some of the reluctance to pursue blood money, it's not the whole story.
And many are saying that's blood money, it's dirty money, they don't want it going towards these scholarships.
Unfortunately, he is charging what many consider blood money for his efforts.
But these priests were so self-righteous that they wouldn't contaminate themselves with blood money.
A murder involving two members of tertiary groups sharing resources should be paid for immediately with blood money.

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