Search Result for "pump-and-dump scheme":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pump-and-dump scheme n 1: 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