隠れ蓑

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; guise; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant)

Meaning

  1. n
    cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; guise
  2. n
    Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant)
  3. n
    straw raincoat that makes one invisible

Example sentences

  • The Mafia uses legitimate business operations as a front.

  • The warehouse was a front for drug traffickers.