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English noun: pump-and-dump scheme

1. pump-and-dump scheme (cognition) an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises


Broader (hypernym)contrivance, dodge, stratagem









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