Ponzi scheme - fraudulent investment operation

A Ponzi scheme ( also a Ponzi game) is a fraudulent investment operation where the operator generates returns for older investors through revenue paid by new investors, rather than from legitimate business activities.

dingy

dingy

 adjective

1. gloomy and drab.

   "a dingy room"

   synonyms:

   gloomy, drab, dark, dull, badly/poorly lit, dim;  dismal, sombre, grim, dreary, cheerless; dirty, discoloured, grimy, soiled;  faded, shabby, dowdy, worn, seedy, run down, tacky; literarytenebrous "a dingy bed-sitting room"

stature - a person's natural height; importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement.

stature

 

noun

1. a person's natural height.

   "a man of short stature"

   synonyms:

   height, tallness, loftiness; More

   • importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement.

     "an architect of international stature"

     synonyms:

     reputation, repute, standing, status, position, prestige, distinction, illustriousness,eminence, pre-eminence, prominence, importance, import, influence, weight,consequence, account, note, fame, celebrity, renown, acclaim "an architect of international stature"

deleterious

deleterious

 

adjective

formal

1. causing harm or damage.

   "divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children"

   synonyms:

   harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious, inimical, hurtful, bad, adverse,disadvantageous, unfavourable, unfortunate, undesirable;  destructive, pernicious, ruinous "these policies are having a deleterious effect on British industry"

rotund - plump, chubby, s: sonorous, full-toned, full-bodied,

rotund

 

adjective

1. 1.

   (of a person) large and plump.

   "her brother was slim where she was rotund"

   synonyms:

   plump, chubby, fat, stout, roly-poly, fattish, portly, dumpy, chunky, broad in the beam, overweight, heavy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, paunchy, Falstaffian; More
2. 2.

   (of speech or literary style) sonorous; grandiloquent.

   synonyms:

   sonorous, full-toned, full-bodied, round, rich, deep, mellow, resonant, reverberant; magniloquent, grandiloquent, orotund;  rarepear-shaped, canorous "his splendidly rotund tone"

wherewithal - the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.

wherewithal

 

noun

1. the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.

   "they lacked the wherewithal to pay"

   synonyms:

   money, ready money, cash, capital, finance(s), resources, funds, reserves;  means,ability, capability;  informaldough, bread, loot, the ready, readies, shekels, moolah, the necessary, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy, scratch, stuff, oof; informaldosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers;  informaldinero, greenbacks,simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma;  informalOscar;  informalsplosh, green, tin; datedl.s.d.;  informalkale, rocks, shinplasters;  archaicpelf "she had the wherewithal to buy anything which took her fancy"

inter-alia = among other things.

inter alia

 

adverb

1. among other things.
2. 
   "the study includes, inter alia, computers, aircraft, and pharmaceuticals"

Cheat --- bamboozle bamˈbuːz(ə)l/Submit verbinformal cheat or fool.

bamboozle

bamˈbuːz(ə)l/

verb

informal

1. cheat or fool.

   "he bamboozled Canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam"

bamboozle (informal) cheat or fool.

bamboozle

bamˈbuːz(ə)l

verb

informal

1. cheat or fool.

   "he bamboozled Canada's largest banks in a massive counterfeit scam"

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