as in to defraud
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Jane Street founder allegedly hoodwinked into funding arms deal Robert Granieri, a co-founder of Jane Street Group, was defrauded into a $7 million purchase of AK-47s, Stinger missiles, and grenades for a coup in South Sudan, according to prosecutors.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
26 June 2025 -
The Borrower Defense rule has been in place since 1994 but was rewritten by the Biden administration in 2022 to make the process easier for borrowers who were defrauded by a college to have those loans forgiven before a default, Forbes reported.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The good news is that acknowledging this tradeoff doesn’t have to mean shortchanging the most disadvantaged students.—
Matthew Yglesias,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2025
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Crucially, the deal would replace 1990s-era legislation that shortchanged pensions in its early years while ramping up costs in later years.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
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“Clean (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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