hush money这个词组经常会被理解为是：以不泄露信息的条件，付给某人的钱！就类似于汉语中所说的“封口费，堵嘴钱”。

【例句】
Why not pay him some hush money？
为什么不付给他一笔封口费呢？

She would write her memoirs and include in them faithful records of her association with every noble Lord who failed to pay hush money to the tune of two hundred pounds.
她准备写回忆录，并且把她同每位贵族老爷的关系如实地写在里面，假如该贵族老爷不肯付给她200英镑的封嘴钱的话。