stockjobbing
- a word derived from stockjobber.
Example Sentences
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Toward that end, he argued strenuously against restrictions on Wall Street stockjobbing and other forms of speculative gain.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2012
But his story was the most detailed report yet of the sordid state of influence peddling, political wangling and general stockjobbing into which the once-great RFC had fallen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such a dearth of public spirit, and want of virtue, such stockjobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another ...
From Time Magazine Archive
Let the strong roads absorb the weak; guard against the old game of stockjobbing, secret rebates, " milking" and " watering," but give the people the benefit of a trust without its monopoly privileges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Battling with stockjobbing ladies, meeting all their wiles and tricks, or embarking in the Hades of the city's politics!
From Rippling Rhymes by Mason, Walt
