shill

• POS: Adjective, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

shill, v. t. 

 To shell.  [1913 Webster]

shill, v. t. [Cf. Sheal.].

 To put under cover; to sheal.  Brockett.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shill, n. US a person employed to decoy or entice others into buying, gambling, etc.

Etymology

prob. f. earlier shillaber, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

shill

agent provocateur, bid, bid in, bid up, blind, bonnet, booster, by-bidder, capper, come-on man, decoy, make a bid, make an offer, offer, offer to buy, plant, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie