ghostwrite

[ gohst-rahyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, ghost·wrote, ghost·writ·ten, ghost·writ·ing.

1. to write as a ghostwriter.

ghostwrite

/ ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt /

verb

1. to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author Often shortened toghost

Derived Forms

• ˈghostˌwriter, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghostwrite¹

First recorded in 1925–30; back formation from ghostwriter

Example Sentences

There are indeed scientists and corporations that have alternately suppressed or ghostwritten scientific results to cast their work in a more favorable light.

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