pump-and-dump scheme

pump-and-dump scheme
noun
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
Hypernyms: ↑contrivance, ↑stratagem, ↑dodge

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