# Hush money (tut money)

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## Definition

Payment to an individual or group of individuals, such as newspaper editors, public or self-appointed consumer protectors, or extra-parliamentary pressure groups (a self-directed organization without public control that endeavors to influence public policy; those groups usually seek to exert influence in a number of ways, including arranging boycotts of products, creating adverse publicity for the business, hidden or public threats [that is to say: terrorisations], holding public demonstrations, and 'lobbying' democratically elected representatives and policy-makers) such as Attac, Greenpeace or Robin Hood, above all - in order to prevent their silence with regard to negative statements - for example about faults in their own product - or positive statements - for example, about the good qualities of a competitor's product - or - to prevent the recipient of the payment from reporting the matter to the authorities. - Often, the payer of hush money is forced to pay by threatening or even initiating adverse publications about the company, the manufactured product or other areas of interest (extortion). - See avanie, begging money, brandy money, bunga bunga premium, money payment gesture, cannibalism effect, phantom risks, bribe money, protection money. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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