lockfågel — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
lockfågel is used for these senses in English:
- agent provocateur A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.
- decoy A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
- shill A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
decoy — full definition
- noun A person, object, or fake animal used to lure someone or something into a trap or into danger.
- verb To lure someone into danger or a trap through trickery.
shill — full definition
- noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
- noun An accomplice who bids up prices at an auction or lures players into a gambling game.
- verb To promote something in exchange for payment, especially dishonestly.