flag of convenience
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flag of convenience
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Another popular method of deception is to adopt a false flag or flag of convenience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Most athletes who defected competed under a kind of flag of convenience – traveling to the Summer Games from eastern Europe with a plan to head west.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021
All these outfits should be regulated in ways appropriate to the businesses they are actually in, rather than being allowed to sail under a flag of convenience called “tech”.
From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2016
Onboard the Kulluk was a skeleton crew of 18 men, along for the ride in large part because of an inconvenience of the rig’s flag of convenience.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2014
Very few merchant ships carry British flags now - many fly a flag of convenience.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2012
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