insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading
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The bipartisan bill is designed to stop insider trading and would ban Congress members, their spouses and dependent children from holding and trading stocks.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Agents discovered WeChat messages that showed Yang and her husband talking about their alleged insider trading behavior.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
The insider trading is really bad and even the speaker knows it.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The president has pardoned others convicted of fraud, bribery, tax evasion, drug trafficking, insider trading and other crimes.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Agents discovered WeChat messages that showed Yang and her husband talking about their alleged insider trading behavior.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
The insider trading is really bad and even the speaker knows it.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The president has pardoned others convicted of fraud, bribery, tax evasion, drug trafficking, insider trading and other crimes.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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