Definition of "ghostwrite" [ghost•write]

• To work as a ghostwriter. (verb-intransitive)
• To write (a speech, for example) as a ghostwriter. See Usage Note at author. (verb-transitive)

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• "The lobbyists and the think tanks 'ghostwrite' our economic policies; the politicos just 'sign off' on them."
• "But because it presents a national security vulnerability, however statistically small, the problem is taken seriously: OPM has a zero-tolerance policy toward employees or contractors who falsify, or "ghostwrite," interviews or record checks."
• "I ghostwrite which is another area of writing altogether."