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straw_purchase

straw purchase

English

Verb

straw purchase (third-person singular simple present straw purchases, present participle straw purchasing, simple past and past participle straw purchased)

  1. Purchase or other acquisition which is secretly on behalf of someone else.
    A husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend who buys a handgun on behalf of their significant other is just as much as a straw purchaser as someone buying guns for members of a steet gang.