a front for

Frequency: 7.010.1 per million words

A legitimate-seeming business or organization that is used to hide illegal or secret activities.

frontfront + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • The charity was a front for money laundering.
  • Investigators discovered the café was a front for an illegal gambling ring.
  • The shell company turned out to be a front for tax-evasion schemes.
  • Locals whispered that the gallery was a front for smuggling antiquities.
  • Prosecutors argued the nonprofit was a front for funneling bribes.
  • On paper it looked like a bookstore, but it was a front for a drug operation.
  • For years, the logistics firm had been a front for espionage.
  • The pop-up shop was a front for distributing counterfeit goods.
  • He set up a consulting agency as a front for hacking activities.
  • International authorities shut down what was a front for terrorist financing.