sham marriage

English

Noun

sham marriage (plural sham marriages)

1. A marriage of convenience entered into purely for the purpose of gaining a benefit or other advantage arising from that status, usually with the intent of deceiving public officials or society about its purpose.

Synonyms

• fake marriage
• false marriage
• fictitious marriage
• mock marriage

Translations

fake marriage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假結婚／假结婚 (jiǎjiéhūn), 虛假婚姻／虚假婚姻 (xūjiǎ hūnyīn)

• Danish: proformaægteskab n
• Dutch: schijnhuwelijk (nl) n, nephuwelijk n
• Finnish: näennäisavioliitto
• French: mariage blanc (fr) m, mariage de complaisance m
• German: Scheinehe (de) f
• Hungarian: álházasság (hu), látszatházasság, színlelt házasság
• Japanese: 偽装結婚 (ぎそうけっこん, gizō kekkon)
• Kazakh: жалған неке (jalğan neke)
• Russian: фикти́вный брак m (fiktívnyj brak)
• Spanish: matrimonio ficticio m
• Swedish: skenäktenskap (sv) n
• Ukrainian: фікти́вний шлюб m (fiktývnyj šljub)