pumping and dumping

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

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pump and dump
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