benami
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindustani بے نامی (be nāmī) / बेनामी (benāmī, “nameless”), defined in the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act of 1988.
Noun edit
benami (countable and uncountable, plural benamis)
- (South Asia) Property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
- (South Asia) A person owning such property.