insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading
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Prosecutors raided the company’s Seoul headquarters in May amid allegations of insider trading involving a former executive.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2025
Two men who worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR public filing system were charged with insider trading after allegedly pocketing $1 million by stealing non-public information obtained through their jobs.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
And then, meanwhile, Democrats and Republicans all got on the same page and agreed that they can’t be tried for insider trading.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
During the same period, the Premier League has become majority-owned by American billionaires and Tottenham’s billionaire former majority-owner, British businessman Joe Lewis, has put his shares into a family trust, pleaded guilty to insider trading, and celebrated his 88th birthday.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 July 2025
Two men who worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR public filing system were charged with insider trading after allegedly pocketing $1 million by stealing non-public information obtained through their jobs.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
And then, meanwhile, Democrats and Republicans all got on the same page and agreed that they can’t be tried for insider trading.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
During the same period, the Premier League has become majority-owned by American billionaires and Tottenham’s billionaire former majority-owner, British businessman Joe Lewis, has put his shares into a family trust, pleaded guilty to insider trading, and celebrated his 88th birthday.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 June 2025
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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