Definition of Pump-and-dump scheme

1. 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.

Generic synonyms: Contrivance, Dodge, Stratagem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pump-and-dump Scheme

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pumicing
pumicite
pumicites
pumie
pumies
pummel
pummeled
pummeling
pummelled
pummelling
pummelo
pummelos
pummels
pump
pump-and-dump scheme (current term)
pump-type pliers
pumped
pumped(p)
pumped-up(a)
pumped up(p)
pumper
pumpernickel
pumpernickels
pumpers
pumphood
pumphoods
pumping
pumping station
pumpion

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