Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense ghost-writes, present participle ghost-writing, past tense ghost-wrote, past participle ghost-written
verb [usually passive]
If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
Articles were ghost-written by company employees. [beVERB-ed]