ghostwrite
[ gohst-rahyt ]
verb (used with or without object),ghost·wrote, ghost·writ·ten, ghost·writ·ing.
to write as a ghostwriter.
Origin of ghostwrite
1First recorded in 1925–30; back formation from ghostwriter
Words Nearby ghostwrite
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How to use ghostwrite in a sentence
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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British Dictionary definitions for ghostwrite
ghostwrite
/ (ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt) /
verb-writes, -writing, -wrote or -written
to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author: Often shortened to: ghost
Derived forms of ghostwrite
- ghostwriter, noun
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