noun
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
• Syn: ↑front, ↑figurehead, ↑nominal head, ↑straw man, ↑strawman
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front man,
1. a person who publicly represents a group or organization: »
Their party began to go places only after it found a glamorous front man (Time).
2. a person who fronts for another or others.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.