English Dictionary

shill

IPA（発音記号）

/ʃɪl/

名詞

軽蔑的

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.

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

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

carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes

意味（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.

意味（3）

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

The pitchman swept his cane in a slow acceleration over the heads of the crowd and then suddenly pointed the silver cap toward Billy and the shill.

意味（4）

(gambling) A house player in a casino.

There may even be a casino shill sitting adjacent to you. Normally, the casino shills are gorgeous women, and sometimes men, so enjoy the scenery.

shills （ plural ）