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crisis actor

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Noun

  1. A person employed to portray a disaster victim during emergency drills.
  2. A person who secretly acts out a role, such as victim or mourner, as part of a staged depiction of a deadly event, particularly a mass shooting.
  3. A participant in an international crisis.

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