fishy
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Trades that would be slam-dunk criminal cases if they were mapped onto the stock market are, in prediction markets, either a little bit fishy or the mark of a savvy trader.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
White said UFC confronted the fighter and his lawyer prior to the match and were given reassurances that nothing fishy was going on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
"Now they come out saying there are issues with the system. To me, it seems like there's something fishy going on," she said.
From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025
If someone gave you a price that was too good to be true, or made the process completely frictionless, your brother might very well say, “Something is fishy here. It’s too easy.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025
Another smelled like a pile of wet rope encrusted with seaweed and left to rot in the sun, and a nasty, fishy aroma it was.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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