# rent-a-crowd

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A group of people who are paid to attend an event to increase attendance figures, rather than attending of their own volition.

## Etymology
The term is derived from a fictional company, Rentacrowd Ltd., mentioned in the Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) columns in the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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