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Definition 2024
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)
- 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.