danger money
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The case involved power, danger, money and privilege and an attorney whose family lorded over his small South Carolina county for nearly a century.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
About 2,500 police staff feel undervalued by the fact a danger money allowance has largely remained unchanged for 33 years.
From BBC ● May 3, 2023
The canary effect was replicated at other factories around the country and in some plants certain staff were paid danger money.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2014
British actors required to work on such a set would, I feel, either protest to their union or ask for danger money.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2011
For every joy or blessing and for those who have relatives or friends ill or in danger, money is freely dropped into the box.
From Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago by Hannah Trager
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