shill
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9.5
- noun
- /ʃɪl/
- Slang
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falso cliente
- As a shill, she pretended to be excited about the new app to persuade others to download it.
I can't defend this point except to say that I'm a shill for no one.
- I can't defend this point except to say that I'm a shill for no one.
- I thought he was a globalist shill who would destroy the Conservative Party.
- OK, so here come the shill comments.
- And the elite hate him because he exposes them for the shills and the complacent falls that they are.
- I asked on Twitter a while ago what grifter or shill means for the people who do use it.
- I will do all this shit and while he's doing all this shit, of course his people out there and his shills in the media are going to be saying, look, he hasn't given U on this.
- Unlike that shill Kevin Rose, I have no best.
- So a couple more quickly, Nori Baja Blast free shill says.
Examples
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A shill is a bloke that casinos bring in to keep high-stakes games going strong.
Fiction book (2000) -
Thank you for exposing Alex to be the shill that he is.
Blog text (4) -
You are the shill, you know that.
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Now I needed to see if Lily was the right shill, so I tested her.
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She's the new shill I was telling you about.
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He's a shill for the church.
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People like Derek Webber are nothing more than shills for the contractors.
Blog text (2) -
The promoter hired a shill to cheer loudly for the product during the demonstration.
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Many knew he was a shill for the brand, but his fake enthusiasm still convinced some customers.
Synonyms
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5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
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8.9
A person used as a front to hide the real owners of something
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shill probably began in early American slang, maybe as a short form of a name like Shillaber or a stage word for a 'fake helper'. Think of a shill as someone who acts like a real customer to make others join or buy, so a shill is a person who pretends to be a genuine buyer or supporter.