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The action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person.
The release, prior to trial, of a person accused of a crime, under specified conditions designed to assure that person's appearance in court when required. Also can refer to the amount of bond money ...
A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.