get-rich-quick

adj

Definitions

  1. Of a scheme, claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of…

    Of a scheme, claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.

    • Five companies offering get-rich-quick schemes to property investors have been shut down.
    • Get-rich-quick email scams are on the increase.
    • Private companies have, traditionally, dominated Britain's railway history. The first railways were built by private individuals and groups, and by the late 1830s building a railway was considered the ideal 'get rich quick' scheme.

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