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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