name laundering
Wasei-eigo term for the practice of repeatedly changing one's legal name, often through adult adoptions or sham marriages, to obscure a criminal or undesirable background.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from name laundering
Name laundering is sometimes used to hide a criminal record.
He changed his name many times through name laundering.
Wasei-eigo from English 'name' and 'laundering', modeled after 'money laundering'.