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Straw purchase
noun
Definitions
1.
noun
A purchase made secretly on behalf of someone else.
"A husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend who buys a handgun on behalf of their significant other is carrying out a straw purchase."
Synonyms
surreption
subornation
surreptitious advertisement
stealth
abstraction
surreptition
mispurchase
sneakery
skim
misprocurement
reverse palming off
stitch-up
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