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bn:00065408n
Noun Concept
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pyramiding  pyramid scheme
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A fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated WordNet 3.0
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A fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors. Wiktionary
Illicit money-making scheme. Wiktionary (translation)
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swindle
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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pyramiding
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pyramid scheme

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