ghost skin

Noun

ghost skin (plural ghost skins)

1. (slang, white supremacy) A white supremacist who hides his/her views in order to blend in with society.
   • At least one white supremacist group has reportedly encouraged ghost skins to seek positions in law enforcement for the capability of alerting skinhead crews of pending investigative action against them.2006 October 17, “White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement”, in Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Assessment, page 5
   • Enlistment throughout the war was low, so the military willfully overlooked neo-Nazi recruits, who were encouraged by neo-Nazi group leaders to enlist as ghost skins.2016, Carmen M. Cusack, Hair and Justice: Sociolegal Significance of Hair in Criminal Justice, Constitutional Law, and Public Policy, Charles C Thomas (publ.), →ISBN, page 84.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ghost, skin.
   • The ghost skin (yes, ghosts have skin) can be made from white plastic trash bags, ...2000, Edwin Wise, Animatronics: A Guide to Animated Holiday Displays, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 94