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rogue trader

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a stockbroker (= someone who buys and sells shares for other people) who secretly loses a large amount of their employer's money after making a bad or illegal investmentFinancial investments and the stock market
(Definition of rogue trader noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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