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insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading
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Watch on Deadline Stewart also criticized the documentary’s second half, which focuses on the insider trading allegations and the obstruction of justice trial that landed her in federal prison.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
About $20,000, yet I've been dragged through the mud on this as if there's some insider trading.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
All that power, however, took quite a beating when Stewart was arrested for insider trading in 2002.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
The claim: Mitch McConnell used insider trading to accumulate net worth of $125 million
A Feb. 25 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a man talking about the finances of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
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First Known Use
1966, in the meaning defined above
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of especially material inside information for profit in financial trading see also tippee
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