front
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8.8
- noun
- /frʌnt/
:
fachada
- Many businesses operate as a front to hide their illegal activities from the authorities.
- a front organization
- a communist front
- a camouflaged front
OK, and guess who was the front for this whole thing?
- OK, and guess who was the front for this whole thing?
- And he says, do you think SpaceX it's just a front to a larger Armageddon conspiracy?
- Although Rich by all accounts was gay anyway and he used Francis as a front.
- And you think it's one person is really, you know, just sort of a front, you know, for a particular point of view.
- And yeah, over time they becomes almost like a really powerful organization that wasn't, that's not a front for something much deeper and bigger.
- They're dupes, which is why the knuckle dragging white redneck is able to use them as a front for overturning affirmative action.
Examples
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The family's legitimate business in Europe and the Middle East... . . .are rumored to be fronts for their criminal activity throughout the world.
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A bakery on Eighth Street and Avenue D that was a front for a heroin operation.
Fiction book (1994) -
OK, and guess who was the front for this whole thing?
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And you think it's one person is really, you know, just sort of a front, you know, for a particular point of view.
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Look, this thing's supposed to be a front.
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I'm sure it's an elaborate front for something.
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Her acquaintances, however, are aware that her business is a front for her husband's illegal drug earnings.
Academic text (2008) -
The FBI has said consistently that his now-defunct USF Muslim organization was a front for Islamic Jihad.
Academic text (2002) -
Her coffee shop is just a front for her money laundering operations.
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The charity was revealed to be a front for a group that swindled donations.
Synonyms
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7.2
A person with a title but no real power who acts as a front
5
7.9
A man who acts as the public leader while others secretly control things
1
8.9
A person used as a front to hide the real owners of something
A woman who acts as the public face to hide real leaders or illegal actions
Idioms
- Literature
Nothing important or unusual is happening now after recent activity
Compounds
88
1.3
The first row of seats nearest the stage or screen that lets you see the action clearly
- Specialized
1
6.1
A surface that joins points a wave reaches at the same time, like light or sound
1
3.7
A swimming stroke done face down where arms move alternately over the water and legs kick
1
9.9
A rebel group in Sierra Leone that fought the government, took control of diamond mines and used child soldiers
- Specialized
1
4.6
Pages at the start of a book, like the title page and table of contents
- Specialized
1
7.5
A weather front when a cold front catches a warm front and lifts the warm air above the cold air
A Palestinian left-wing group that carries out armed attacks against Israel
A Palestinian political group that seeks major national change and sometimes uses armed attacks
- Offensive
The lower front of the body above the private area that looks rounded like a small hill
- Specialized
A vowel sound made with the tongue near the front of the mouth, like in man
- Texting
A block of information at the start of a digital file that gives title and date for website tools
- Literature
A campaign where a candidate meets voters at the candidate's home instead of traveling
- Literature
Giving speeches and meeting supporters at your home instead of traveling to many places
A secret left-wing group in Honduras in the late 1980s that opposed United States involvement
A group in Honduras in the late 1980s that used violence to oppose United States involvement
An armed group in southern Philippines seeking an independent Islamic state for the Moro people
A Turkish armed Islamist group that uses violence for political goals
A terrorist group started by Osama bin Laden in 1998 to unite armed Islamist groups in different countries
A far-left group in Turkey that attacks police and the army and opposes NATO and the United States
A Palestinian political group formed in 1967 that carried out armed attacks against Israel
- Specialized
A line where very cold air from the poles meets warmer air and causes storms
A Palestinian group that supports left-wing revolution and uses political and armed action
A Palestinian political group that uses armed attacks for its goals
A Palestinian armed group that split from al-Fatah in 1967 and attacked Israel
How Genuine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Front comes from the Latin word frons 'forehead', later meaning the public face or cover of something, so a 'front' can be a person or company that acts as a visible cover for hidden people or activities.