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How to pronounce shill in English?

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Type Words
Type of cozen, deceive, delude, lead on


This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up.
Type Words
Type of decoy, steerer

Examples of shill

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As used here, the explicitness amounts to not much more than a shill, a come-on.
From the time.com
I guess around these parts he might use the term lackey or shill, but whatever.
From the newsday.com
Smokey works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and doesn't shill for anyone.
From the latimes.com
This guy was so excited to shill for Yesware that he forgot to tell what it does.
From the forbes.com
Jackson's camp refuses to talk to her and labels her a shill for the prosecution.
From the usatoday.com
With two Initiatives on the ballot, their shill Independent Committee will appear.
From the ocregister.com
This is all very good advice, and not the usual real estate shill advertising.
From the forbes.com
After all, if I'm going to work so hard as a pharma shill, I gots ta get paid, yo.
From the scienceblogs.com
After all, pharma shill that I am, I must obviously be part of the Illuminati.
From the scienceblogs.com
More examples
  • A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
  • Act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"
  • A shill is a person who is paid to help another person or organization to sell goods or services. The shill pretends to have no association with the seller/group and gives onlookers the impression that he or she is an enthusiastic customer. ...
  • A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial; An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game; To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; To put under cover; to sheal
  • (Shills) Young ladies who works for the house, used to lure players to the Lucky Nine table.
  • (Shills) name of the employees helping run and organise the games.
  • An individual employed by the casino to play games that are being underplayed.
  • A shill player is a who is paid by the house and plays with the house money.
  • A casino employee who fills empty seats at the tables