Akademik

nominal head

noun

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

• Syn: ↑front man, ↑front, ↑figurehead, ↑straw man, ↑strawman

• Hypernyms: ↑deceiver, ↑cheat, ↑cheater, ↑trickster, ↑beguiler, ↑slicker

Useful english dictionary. 2012.