shill

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ʃɪl/

Noun

derogatory

A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial. / (derogatory) Any person paid to endorse a product. / An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.

Japanese Meaning

公正を装いながら、実際は報酬を得て商品を宣伝する人物 / （軽蔑的に）報酬を受けて商品を推薦する協力者 / オークションやギャンブルにおける詐欺の共犯者

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The blogger was exposed as a shill after it emerged she had been paid to write glowing reviews.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのブロガーは、好意的なレビューを書くために金銭を受け取っていたことが明らかになり、サクラであると暴露された。

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Sense（1）

A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes

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Sense（2）

(derogatory) Any person paid to endorse a product.

On the screen, there was that quack again, playing the shill for yet another drug company.

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Sense（3）

An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.

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Sense（4）

(gambling) A house player in a casino.

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