Rent-a-crowd
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A group of people who are paid to attend an event to increase attendance figures, rather than attending of their own volition.
Etymology
The term is derived from a fictional company, Rentacrowd Ltd., mentioned in the Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) columns in the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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