The man noticed the enthusiastic shill as he passed by on the street, and decided to avoid the predictably rigged shell game.
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Shill
//ʃɪl//
Synonyms for "shill" (26 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (13)
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97 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- testaferro noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- trafica noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- amagar verb (to put under cover, to sheal)
- celar verb (to put under cover, to sheal)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 打手 noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 托兒 /托儿 noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- 水軍 /水军 noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Finnish
4 entries- maksettu apuri noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- talonpelaaja noun ((gambling) a house player in a casino)
- vedättäjä noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- mainostaa verb (to promote or endorse in return for payment)
French
4 entries- commère noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- comparse noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- complice noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- compère noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
German
4 entries- Anreißer noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- Anreißerin noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- Gehilfe des Hausierers noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- Gehilfe des Schaustellers noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
Greek
1 entries- αβανταδόρος noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Hungarian
1 entries- szélhámos segítője/segítőtársa noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
Icelandic
1 entries- leppur noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Italian
4 entries- compare noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- comparsa noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- prestanome noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- uomo di paglia noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Japanese
1 entries- サクラ noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Polish
1 entries- słup noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Russian
4 entries- подсадна́я у́тка noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- подставно́е лицо́ noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- соо́бщник noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- соуча́стник noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
Spanish
4 entries- calanchín noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- compinche noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- cómplice noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
- entruchón noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Swedish
1 entries- lockfågel noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
Thai
2 entries- หน้าม้า noun (a person paid to endorse a product favourably)
- หน้าม้า noun (an accomplice at a confidence trick)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
This Jackson fellow seems like a shill.
Source: tatoeba (11884316)
Tom is a shill for corporate interests.
Source: tatoeba (11884317)
Tom is a shill for the oil industry.
Source: tatoeba (11884318)
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