"50 cent army" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: A calque of Chinese 五毛黨 /五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng), lit. "the 5 dime party", in reference to allegations that the Chinese government employs online shills paid 1/2 yuan RMB per online post at the time they first came to public attention. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|五毛黨|tr=wǔmáodǎng}} Chinese 五毛黨 /五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng) Head templates: {{en-noun|?|head=50 cent army}} 50 cent army
  1. Alleged Internet users who are paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to spread propaganda and disinformation on their behalf. Categories (topical): Internet, People, Social media
    Sense id: en-50_cent_army-en-noun-~PaxDVO3 Disambiguation of Internet: 90 10 Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Disambiguation of Social media: 85 15
  2. (derogatory) Anyone seen as supportive of China or the Communist Party of China, regardless of payment or compensation. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Fifty, Politics Categories (place): China Synonyms: wumaos, fifty cent army, fifty-cent army, 50-cent army Hypernyms: keyboard army Translations (Translations): 五毛黨 /五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 五毛党 (gomōtō) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-50_cent_army-en-noun-CgLGuaG6 Disambiguation of Fifty: 10 90 Disambiguation of Politics: 37 63 Disambiguation of China: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 21 79

Alternative forms

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