ghost writer

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ˈghost ˌwriter noun [countable]  BOTCNsomeone who is paid to write a book or story for another person, who then says it is their own work 代笔人，捉刀人 —ghost-write verb [transitive]

Examples from the Corpus

ghost writer• Mr Pincher, though, is only the ghost writer and it's Dido who's grabbing the headlines.

ˈghost ˌwriter nounChineseSyllable  

someone to who paid book is Corpus write a

ghost writer
ˈghost ˌwriter noun [countable]
someone who is paid to write a book or story for another person, who then says it is their own work
—ghost-write verb [transitive]