SHILL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of shill in English

shill
noun [ C ]
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/ʃɪl/ uk
/ʃɪl/
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someone who helps another person to persuade people to buy something, especially by pretending to be a satisfied customer
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shill
verb [ I ]
US
/ʃɪl/ /ʃɪl/ uk
/ʃɪl/
to help another person to persuade people to buy something, especially by pretending to be a satisfied customer
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(Definition of shill from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of shill

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A casino shill they let win so the suckers will keep playing the slots.
From TIME
A paid liberal shill, pretending to be a man at that.
From TIME
Part of the problem is represented in the shills you see on this forum, who attack what they fear most -- an honest and fearless person.
From CNN
If we forget that, bloggers will be viewed nothing more than shills for big corporations.
From TechCrunch
All studies that potentially benefit the fossil fuel promoters should be viewed with suspicion, not only those conducted by their sponsored shills.
From ThinkProgress
She sounds like a shill for the discipline.
From TIME
The celebrity is there for contractual reasons -- to shill a product, be it a movie or album or series, and be done with it.
From Huffington Post
Pages look beautiful, and they don't feel like billboards or smarmy marketing shills.
From TechCrunch
And shills for "science" never touch that fact, either!
From Phys.Org
You aren't the first industry shill to troll here, and surely won't be the last.
From Phys.Org
Of course, not everyone wants to become a shill for their employer.
From TechCrunch
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Translations of shill

in Chinese (Traditional)
（尤指假扮顧客誘使人購物的）騙子, （尤指假扮顧客）誘人購物…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（尤指假扮顾客诱使人购物的）骗子，托, （尤指假扮顾客）诱人购物…
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