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View synonyms for Ponzi
Ponzi
[ pon-zee ]
noun
- a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Ponzi1
After Charles Ponzi (died 1949), the organizer of such a scheme in the U.S., 1919–20
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Example Sentences
Hardly a reassuring forecast coming from a former casino croupier and Ponzi scheme salesman.
From The Daily Beast
Squaring perfectly with the defense, Madoff insisted that he alone knew he was running a Ponzi scheme.
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Had he any remorse, he would have implicated those who conspired with him to commit the greatest Ponzi scheme in history.
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The Ponzi king is now saying J.P. Morgan executives suspected he was up to no good before his massive fraud was exposed.
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When Suzanne Somers called Obamacare a socialized ponzi scheme, critics swiftly ripped apart her argument.
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This Sowles is the worst mountebank since Charlie Ponzi, and you know it.
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