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Definition

Illegally using inside information for financial gain in the market.

Context : Business, Law Enforcement
Category: Idiom
Semantic: illegal, regulation, stock market

Usage of “insider trading”

  1. Executives of large corporations often fall victim to their own greed and get arrested on insider trading charges.

  2. The SEC has many rules and regulations surrounding insider trading.

Examples of idiom “insider trading” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'WorkcoverVictim'
    WorkcoverVictim:

    Does anyone know much about insider trading in Victoria?

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'ensonhaberr'
    ensonhaberr:

    FSA probe targets trades in S&N deal: The UK’s largest investigation into insider trading in the City centres on interlinked chains of...

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'pottvinfo'
    pottvinfo:

    This man alone could be the one person responsible for the tragedy of the stock market crash. Last I heard, (insider trading was illegal)

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'jeffonplj'
    jeffonplj:

    @MattHaze you think the servers could go to jail for insider trading?

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'inkblotreject'
    inkblotreject:

    Watching Martha Stewart makes me want to do things I normally don't, like dye eggs in cabbage water, decoupage, or dabble in insider trading