Meaning Of The Word Shill

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shill
If you refer to someone as a shill, you mean that they are paid to sell something or to participate in an activity in order to persuade others to buy or participate.

shill in American English
the confederate of a gambler, pitchman, auctioneer, etc. who pretends to buy, bet, or bid so as to lure onlookers into participating
to act or work as a shill
intransitive verb: to work as a shill
noun: a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc
transitive verb: to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle

shill in British English
noun: a confidence trickster's assistant, esp a person who poses as an ordinary customer, gambler, etc, in order to entice others to participate

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