How to Use insider trading in a Sentence

insider trading

noun
  • The insider trading charges are now the least of her worries.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Nov. 2020
  • He has not been charged with insider trading in that case.
    Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 July 2017
  • DeCinces was found guilty of insider trading at the first trial in 2017.
    Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
  • Dighton Police Chief Shawn Cronin is among five men charged in the insider trading scheme.
    Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Brad is off to jail for insider trading, having taken the fall for Jo to earn some street cred.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • The reason: If any word about the strength or weakness of the new report leaks out, those in the know could make fortunes off of insider trading.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 1 June 2018
  • Charges of insider trading are by no means unheard of in the world of journalism.
    Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • The lawyer has not been charged with insider trading nor has he been accused of attempting to trade Nike stock.
    John Gage, Washington Examiner, 27 Jan. 2020
  • In some ways, then, the focus on dark web insider trading was inevitable.
    Brian Barrett, Wired, 19 Mar. 2021
  • In the insider trading case, the SEC aimed to get Cohen banned for life from the money-managing business.
    Dennis Young, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Trump also granted clemency to Michael Milken, who was charged with insider trading in the 1980s.
    Josh Dawsey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Armstrong's campaign called the insider trading claim a lie, and the victims in the molestation case called for Miller to stop running ads about it.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 June 2024
  • Collins later resigned from the US House and pleaded guilty to insider trading.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • So far, no one has been convicted of insider trading under the Stock Act.
    Bess Levin, The Hive, 15 May 2017
  • Kendricks also played three games, then served an eight-game NFL suspension for the insider trading charge.
    Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • In Europe, though no breach of duty is needed to prove insider trading, the bar is higher in other ways.
    The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Loudon has now admitted to insider trading and faces a lengthy prison sentence in addition to a steep fine.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Feb. 2024
  • His was the kind of insider trading more commonly seen on Wall Street, and he would have been prosecuted even without the Stock Act.
    Joe Nocera Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 7 Dec. 2020
  • And why, earlier this year, two men were charged with insider trading related to when and where certain bottles of whiskey would hit the shelves.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This is a great time to meet up with your other menstruating friends to silently solve world hunger, or do insider trading.
    Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But one of the most damaging insider trading schemes in recent years can’t be linked back to a U.S.-based trading floor or brokerage firm.
    Cnbc.com Staff, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Rachel, the moral compass of the film, is floored — even though her own father has gotten caught up in an insider trading scam that mirrors Tassone’s scandal.
    Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Most of the people in that crowd also took it for granted that Paul Pelosi is engaged in regular insider trading.
    Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2021
  • The insider trading case did little to slow McCoskey and his business ventures.
    Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2019
  • Kendricks was suspended for pleading guilty to a felony insider trading charge.
    Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • His net worth spiked in 2008 because of an inheritance gifted to him and his wife, not insider trading.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
  • In the world of stock trading, front-running is the practice of using inside knowledge to grab up shares before the price spikes (see also: insider trading).
    Declan Harty, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Experts say the deal, which caused the Canadian pension fund to lose over $100 million in two weeks, is likely to be reviewed for insider trading.
    Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Last week, the plaintiffs also dropped an insider trading allegation against Dan Gilbert that concerned the $500 million stock sale.
    Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
  • Tesla boss Elon Musk is no stranger to litigation, having fought off legal challenges against his massive salary, claims of a conflict of interest between his companies and even accusations of insider trading.
    Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024

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