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pump-and-dump investment & finance definition
A
scam in which a trader, broker, or other self-interested party promotes shares
in a stock as a good purchase. While the person is heavily encouraging others
to buy shares, he is secretly selling them on the market. The pump-and-dump
practice is illegal.
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