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market abuse

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stockmarket manipulation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Italian Competition Authority previously closed a market abuse investigation into Booking.com in March 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

He added the absence of any infringement decisions under EU or UK competition law meant it would be down to the claimant to prove the market abuse it was alleging was actually taking place.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024

“They usually lead to bigger companies trying to monopolize certain routes and regions. Monopolies or duopolies in turn usually lead to market abuse, price gouging and deteriorating quality of services.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

Daniel Hawke, an attorney with Arnold & Porter and a former chief of the S.E.C.’s market abuse division, said the agency’s trying to stop a product launch “sounds aggressive.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2021

The SEC said its case stemmed from its market abuse unit’s analysis and detection center, which tried to spot suspicious trading patterns such as “improbably successful trading” prior to earnings announcements over time.

From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2018

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