insider dealing

British  

noun

1. dealing in company securities on a recognized stock exchange, with a view to making a profit or avoiding a loss, by a person who has confidential information about the securities that, if generally known, would affect their price. Its practice by those connected with a company is illegal

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Other Word Forms

• insider dealer noun

Example Sentences

The rules, aimed at maintaining financial stability, include provisions to combat market manipulation and insider dealing.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

But those hopes were dimmed this spring when former officials went public with accusations of backsliding and insider dealing, an old scourge in Ukraine.

From New York Times • May 13, 2020

Bribery and insider dealing combined with public credulity to drive the share price of the South Sea Company unsustainably high, and in 1720 the bubble burst, causing widespread financial ruin.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2019

Under the proposals, anyone found manipulating wholesale energy prices or using insider dealing could face a jail term of up to two years.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2014

It is at this stage that the latter day Rasputin emerges from the shadows and joins officialdom or concludes lucrative transactions based on favourably deflated prices and insider dealing.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel