Definition of Pyramid scheme

1. Noun. A fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in.

Generic synonyms: Scheme, Strategy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyramid Scheme

pyramidal
pyramidally
pyramidal bone
pyramidal motor system
pyramidal tent
pyramidal tract
pyramided
pyramides
pyramidic
pyramidical
pyramidically
pyramiding
pyramids
pyramid bugle
pyramid plant
pyramid scheme (current term)
pyramis
pyramises
pyran
pyranoid
pyranose
pyranoses
pyranoside
pyranosides
pyrans
pyrargyrite
pyrargyrites
Pyrausta
Pyrausta nubilalis
pyre

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