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
Angelos	-	Greek
Dallas	DAL-əs	English
Piia	PEE:-ah	Finnish
Aline	[æ'li:n]
Syed	-	Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali
Gerrit	KHER-rit (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian