blind trust

noun

: an arrangement in which the financial holdings of a person in an influential position are placed in the control of a fiduciary in order to avoid a possible conflict of interest

Examples of blind trust in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent presidents, however, have generally divested individual stocks or relied on blind trusts or diversified funds to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Jimmy Carter, for example, put the family peanut business in a blind trust that eventually sold it. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Presidents have often been exempt from federal conflict-of-interest laws, though some other modern presidents voluntarily put assets in blind trusts. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

That replaces blind trust with professional accountability and puts the timeshare owner at the center of the service. — Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blind trust

• adjust
• combust
• discussed
• disgust
• distrust
• entrust
• intrust
• mistrust
• nonplussed
• robust
• sawdust
• stardust