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insider trading

 
 
noun [U] (UK insider dealing)

Definition

STOCK MARKET, LAW the illegal buying and selling of company shares by people who have special information because they are involved with the company: The company's executives and its accountants are accused of falsifying financial statements and engaging in insider trading.
(Definition of insider trading noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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