Ponzi
Example Sentences
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Jamie Dimon, ever the mouthpiece for traditional finance, maligned the industry as a fraud, a Ponzi scheme and a collection of pet rocks, among other colorful descriptors.
She had already declared bankruptcy by the time I married her and she was constantly borrowing money to pay off debt—her own kind of Ponzi scheme.
From Slate
He was charged with assault on a federal officer, leading to his yearlong detainment, but that charge was dismissed last week following his indictment in connection with the alleged Ponzi scheme.
From Seattle Times
“The NHL playoffs are one long pressurized Ponzi scheme: The sooner you get out the more likely you’ll be made whole again. After all, with no guaranteed payout, the teams that advance are doubling down on their potential misery. It’s why the victors often look haunted and spent — and resigned to another week with the voluminous playoff beards that cause male viewers to scratch their necks in sympathetic itchiness.”
From Seattle Times
When it began to default in what looked like a ponzi scheme, some 500 local depositors went to the police.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
