front for sth
— phrasal verb with front uk/frʌnt/us/frʌnt/verb
If a person fronts for an illegal organization, they help that organization by using their good reputation to hide its secret activities:
The police suspect him of fronting for a crime syndicate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- launder
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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