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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This is a new kind of insider trading. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 28 June 2026 This type of insider trading, which is perfectly legal, was the focus of our research as finance professors. — D. Brian Blank, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 There exists an open invitation to circumvent the controls designed to prevent insider trading. — Kelvin Dickenson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Those investments have raised eyebrows in Congress, with some Democrats aiming to scrutinize the younger Trumps' deals for potential insider trading or conflicts of interest. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for insider trading

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First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of insider trading was in 1966

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insider trading

noun
: the illegal use of especially material inside information for profit in financial trading see also tippee

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