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Discover LudwigThe phrase "front company" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a business that is set up to conceal the true ownership or purpose, often for illegal activities.
Example: "The authorities discovered that the front company was actually a cover for money laundering operations."
Alternatives: "shell company" or "dummy corporation".
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Tanker Pacific has denied knowing that the buyer was an Iranian front company.
Cazenove added: "Invest in Africa is not a front company for Tullow Oil.
"Jordanian International Air Cargo," the official said, "is a front company for Jordan's air force".
The F.B.I. said the Russians worked out of a front company called Arc Electronics in Houston.
The front company listed an address three blocks from the White House.
They had done so through a Liechtenstein-registered front company that Mr Batliner had run on their behalf.
The suspicion of Azarpassillo being a front company is certainly worth investigating.
She had bought it via an offshore "front" company and was planning large-scale renovations, it added.
Also in the dock was David Gordon, the Australian-born director of Brophy's secret front company, Pro-Design Ltd.
Like Iran's they have been partly routed through Dubai, where collaborators at Mr Khan's old laboratory have long been suspected of operating a front company.
Or sell your club's star man to your front company for a depressed fee, then sell him on at full price.
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