| 释义 | sock puppetry noun[ U ]
 disapproving(alsosockpuppetry)uk /ˈsɒk ˌpʌp.ɪ.tri/ us /ˈsɑːk ˌpʌp.ɪ.tri/
 on the internet, the act of creating a false identity (= a name and character) in order to express praise, support, or criticism of a particular organization or person without showing who you really are:
 Sometimes editors resort to sock puppetry, creating lots of accounts and pretending to be several different people in a debate so as to create the illusion of support for a particular position.
 It would be useful if sockpuppetry could be minimized by tracking IP addresses.
 Related word
 
 sock puppetSock puppetry is an unethical and sometimes illegal practice.
 Our suspicion is that at least some of these exchanges are sock puppetry.
 He got banned for sockpuppetry, not because of an editorial disagreement.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Cheating & tricking
 anti-fraud
 bad faith
 bamboozle
 bilk
 blackmail
 deceive
 diddle
 feint
 flannel
 funny business
 game-fixing
 grift
 grifter
 gull
 gyp
 prankishly
 prankster
 pretext
 pretextual
 pull
 
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