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Shill

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, or have been paid to do so. Shills can carry out their operations in the areas of media, journalism, marketing, politics, sports, confidence…

Internet, Gambling & Marketing

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Etymology

Internet

Gambling

Marketing

Auctions

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Shill

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples38
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Shill

Top relations

related to Auctions · 11
Shill → Fake, Forgery, In, Kenneth Walton, Lies, Often, One, People, Shilling, The, Walton
related to Gambling · 8
Shill → Both, Erle Stanley Gardner's, For, In, Shills Can't Cash Chips, The, These, This
related to Etymology · 7
Shill → American, Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, Malaprop, Mrs, Ruth Partington, Some, The
related to Internet · 7
Shill → As, For, In, Lifestyle Lift, New York Attorney General's, The, Web
related to Marketing · 5
Shill → California's Business, In, It, Professions Code, This

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Important terminology

shills person may seller also marketing organization audience see interest illegal legal auctions bidding often online citation needed shilling example

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shillrelated to AuctionsPeople0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsOften0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsShilling0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsOne0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsThe0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsIn0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsFake0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsForgery0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsLies0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsKenneth Walton0.60section
Shillrelated to AuctionsWalton0.60section
Shillrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section

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