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straw contribution

straw contribution
 n.— «His solution was to have his employees and their spouses make contributions …under their own names, then reimburse them—a technique known as “straw contributions’ that is a felony under federal election law.» —“Harris Got Illegal Donations” by William March, Keith Epstein Tampa Tribune (Florida) Feb. 25, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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