企き業ぎょう舎しゃ弟てい

noun

front company for organized crime

Refers to a legitimate-looking business used by yakuza or other criminal groups to conceal illegal activities or launder money. Often used in news and legal contexts.

See also: フロント企業

• 警けい察さつは暴ぼう力りょく団だんの企き業ぎょう舎しゃ弟ていを摘てき発はつした。

  The police cracked down on the yakuza's front company.

• その会かい社しゃは企き業ぎょう舎しゃ弟ていとして資し金きん洗せん浄じょうに関かかわっていた。

  That company was involved in money laundering as a front company.