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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with multiple maintenance issues, All articles needing additional references, Influence (social and political), Conflict of interest, Articles with short description
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shill  House player  Paid basher  plant  Secretly paid
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A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others WordNet 3.0
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A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A shill, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with said person or organization. Wikipedia
A confederate or performer who acts as if they're a spectator Wikipedia Disambiguation
A person who profits from helping another person or organization to sell goods or services and/or attract customers while pretending to be impartial. OmegaWiki
IS A
decoy
occupation
DERIVATION
shill
FIELD OF THIS OCCUPATION
deception
USAGE DOMAIN
disparagement
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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shill
Wikipedia
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shill
Wikidata
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shill
OmegaWiki
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shill
Wikipedia Redirections
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House player, Paid basher, plant (person), Secretly paid, shill bidding, shills, Will the Shill
Wikidata Alias
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plant, stooge

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