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pyramid scheme

noun

Definitions

  1. An illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or…

    An illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or wholly from the funds of later investors, and which eventually collapses to the detriment of the most recent participants.

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