front for meaning

• front for sb/sth informal to be the person or organization used for hiding a secret or illegal activity:
  ▪ The FBI suspected that he was fronting for a gang of drug smugglers.
  ■ SIMILAR TO: act as a front for sb/sth

• front:    Noun: front & ...
• front on:    front on/onto sth ...
• in front:    Adverb: in frontAt ...

Examples

1. her rudeness is just a front for her shyness.
2. there had been no movement on this front for several weeks.
3. the jewelry firm is just a front for their illegal trade in diamonds.
4. after my being in yan'an and in the front for about a year, agnes came to yan'an soon after the xi'an incident.
5. -public front for franch intelligent-that's not all