pump-and-dump scheme

Definitions 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
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    contrivance, dodge, stratagem
    an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
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