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pyramid scheme


pyramid scheme

noun

Definition of PYRAMID SCHEME

: a usually illegal operation in which participants pay to join and profit mainly from payments made by subsequent participants
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First Known Use of PYRAMID SCHEME

1975

Rhymes with PYRAMID SCHEME

ancien régime, in the extreme, succès d'estime

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