Front for
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Both terms in one sentence
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Suspect Is Hatless A Tankard of Moose Urine: The Bad-Guy Bar has terrible beer, to keep casual customers away (it's a front for the drug smuggling operation).
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Chances are the bartender and his associates have deliberately made the beer as bad as possible, to keep casual customers away — the bar is actually a front for illegal operations.
Source: A Tankard of Moose Urine
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