sham marriage

English

Noun

sham marriage (plural sham marriages)

1. A marriage of convenience conducted by two persons who do not intend to live as a couple, generally for the purpose of gaining some advantage arising from married status. Such marriages are illegal in most countries and both partners must therefore try to deceive the public about the nature of their marriage.

   Synonyms: fake marriage, false marriage, fictitous marriage, mock marriage, paper 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)