shell
noun (COMPANY) /ʃel/Definition
› a company that is used to hide illegal activities: The shell advertised bonds for sale to investors, but this offering was essentially a fraud because no bonds ever existed.Fraud and corruption
(Definition of shell noun (COMPANY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackmail noun
- buy sb off phrasal verb
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt adjective (BAD)
- corrupt verb (MAKE BAD)
- corruption noun (BAD BEHAVIOUR)
- cybercrime noun
- defraud verb
- get at sb phrasal verb (INFLUENCE)
- graft noun (INFLUENCE)
- impersonate verb
- imposture noun
- launder verb (MONEY)
- malfeasance noun
- malpractice noun
- rort noun
- rort verb
- siphon sth off phrasal verb
- swindle verb
- tax evasion noun
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