pump-and-dump scheme (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices
def the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises
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Hypernym contrivance, stratagem, dodge
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Hyponym contrivance, stratagem, dodge

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