他拿了一大笔封口费。

He got a large sum of hush money.

他们用封口费贿赂记者。

They are bribing the reporters with hush money.

马说这个案件牵涉到480个记者和另外一些假装成记者的人，他们要求封口费来让一起矿井水灾逃离公众的视线。

Ma said the case involved 480 reporters and others pretending to be reporters who asked for "shut-up fees" to keep news of a mine flood out of the public eye.