testaferro — meaning in English

English meaning

• shill noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.

Senses

testaferro is used for these senses in English:

• front man A person acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
• shill A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

shill — full definition

1. noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
2. noun An accomplice who bids up prices at an auction or lures players into a gambling game.
3. verb To promote something in exchange for payment, especially dishonestly.

Related Catalan words