pump-and-dump

A form of pump and dump — A form of financial fraud where the fraudster purchases stocks at a very low price, generates excitement about those stocks in order to create a temporary price increase, then sells the stocks before the price depreciates.

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Meanings

nounpump-and-dump (countable and uncountable, plural pump-and-dumps)

plural pump-and-dumps

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of pump and dump.
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