crisis actor
The term 'crisis actor' is often used in two contexts: legitimate emergency training and conspiracy theories.
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Definition
C1Emergency Training
(technical)An individual hired to simulate being a victim or participant in disaster drills to help train emergency responders.
Example
- The crisis actor pretended to be injured so that paramedics could practice their response.
C1Conspiracy Theories
(informal, pejorative)A person alleged to be hired to pretend involvement in real crises, often to deceive the public.
Example
- Conspiracy theorists falsely claimed that the witnesses were crisis actors.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "crisis actor":