insider trading

noun

: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading

Examples of insider trading in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How do the league and markets combat potential insider trading? — Tim Britton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

In the 2000s, a bricks-and-mortar retail boom ended with the jailing of Huang Guangyu, the billionaire founder of GOME Electronics, convicted of bribery and insider trading. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2026

The groups found that many of the users dubbed orcas often showed telltale signs of insider trading and identified 152 such accounts betting on military and geopolitical events. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

In what prosecutors believe to be the first case involving insider trading on a prediction market, prosecutors allege that Van Dyke used inside knowledge to place 13 bets on the outcome of the Maduro operation. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for insider trading

• abrading
• blockading
• cascading
• crusading
• degrading
• dissuading
• downgrading
• evading
• invading
• parading
• persuading
• pervading

Legal Definition

insider trading

noun

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