sock puppet
noun
1
: a hand puppet made with a sock
2
: a false online identity used for deceptive purposes
Examples of sock puppet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Occasionally, however, sloppiness—failing to delete old tweets or accidentally posting pro-regime messages on opposition sock puppet accounts—have revealed their likely affiliation with IRI intelligence.
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WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
This has partially been pursued by hacking opposition figures directly but also through sock puppet accounts, which pit one faction of the opposition against another.
—WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
The sock puppet show was averted; Kenwright came through.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
Remember when the alien sock puppet bursts its head out of John Hurt’s chest?
—Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
The scale of the operation piqued his interest, so Oak set up a few sock puppet Facebook accounts and began joining groups offering free Amazon products for review.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2022
One had a peacock sock puppet during the Oklahoma game last month.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 15 Feb. 2022
Cryptocurrency’s biggest boosters would do well to remember tech’s most infamous sock puppet.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 11 Feb. 2022
Whether sock puppet accounts get taken down will depend on each platform’s individual terms of use, Lampe said.
—Ashley Nerbovig, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
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WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
This has partially been pursued by hacking opposition figures directly but also through sock puppet accounts, which pit one faction of the opposition against another.
—WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
The sock puppet show was averted; Kenwright came through.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
Remember when the alien sock puppet bursts its head out of John Hurt’s chest?
—Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
The scale of the operation piqued his interest, so Oak set up a few sock puppet Facebook accounts and began joining groups offering free Amazon products for review.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2022
One had a peacock sock puppet during the Oklahoma game last month.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 15 Feb. 2022
Cryptocurrency’s biggest boosters would do well to remember tech’s most infamous sock puppet.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 11 Feb. 2022
Whether sock puppet accounts get taken down will depend on each platform’s individual terms of use, Lampe said.
—Ashley Nerbovig, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Sock puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sock%20puppet. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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