Question of the Day #580

Lindsey Graham is such a shill, he might as well be paid by Trump personally

From the headline of this article at The Washington Post.

上記の文で、shillの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "shill" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〈米俗・軽蔑的〉〔賭博・競売などの〕サクラ、おとり
2. 〈米俗・軽蔑的〉〔商品などを積極的に売ろうとする〕宣伝［広告］担当者

なお、動詞形もあります。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler)
2. one who makes a sales pitch or serves as a promoter

Examples

• March 30, 2020 × Ads shilling credit programs, or programs to get creditors off your back, also appear more plentiful — which makes sense given the economic fears and realities unleashed by the coronavirus. — Los Angeles Times, "Commentary: Charmin’s bears are just cruel now. How coronavirus has changed TV ads," 23 Apr. 2020
• That might be due, in part, to the fact there's less promotion involved, since shilling for upcoming movies or TV shows feels like a little awkward. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "Social distancing TV is finding its groove -- and discovering its limits," 17 Apr. 2020
• He is tarnishing his reputation by being a shill for the tobacco industry.
• “The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up”
• "The idea that the White House might try to infiltrate the press corps with a shill is a chilling thought in this democracy, but this is the administration that has been caught paying “journalists” and generating its own prefabricated “news reports” to distribute to TV stations too naïve to recognize the attempt at propaganda."

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