to be "fronting" for
French translation: qu'elles faisaient office de façade
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| 4 +4 | servir de prête-nom aux |
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| 4 +1 | qu'elles faisaient office de façade |
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| 4 | Faire écran |
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14 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1qu'elles faisaient office de façade Explanation: ... |
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Faire écran Explanation: Dans le sens de "société écran" largement utilisé |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4servir de prête-nom aux Explanation: There are several ways to say this in FR. This one avoids negative connotations. The EN "front" can have negative connotations, but I don't think any are intended here because "fronting" typically is negative when it's done deceitfully. Here, it says right in the text that the claimants always knew the two companies were fronting for the other participants. Examples of "service de prête-nom" being used in a completely normal, non-shady business context with no negative connotations: https://www.francedns.com/domaine/prete-nom-et-contact-local... https://www.netim.fr/nom-domaine/prete-nom.html |
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