pyramiding (n)

n00779809

type n
lex_filenum 04
def a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
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Hypernym swindle, cheat, rig
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Hyponym swindle, cheat, rig

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