Complete Definition of "Ponzi scheme"

English
Etymology
From the name of the inventor, Charles Ponzi, who famously conducted pyramid schemes in North America in the early twentieth century.

Noun
Ponzi scheme (plural Ponzi schemes)

#A pyramid scheme.

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