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noun
A group of people who are paid to attend an event to increase attendance figures, rather than attending of their own volition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
The term is derived from a fictional company, Rentacrowd Ltd., mentioned in the Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) columns in the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper.
