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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 puppet Sock 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 |