a sop to Cerberus

A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hadriana	-	Ancient Roman
Simcha	-	Hebrew
Pius	PIE-əs (English)	Late Roman
GabriËL	KHAH:-bree-əl	Dutch
Rajib	-	Bengali
Estera	-	Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian