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Noun
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A form of financial fraud where the fraudster buys stocks cheaply, generates excitement about those stocks to create a temporary price increase, then sells the stocks before the price goes back down

Verb
1

To use a breast pump and then discard the milk, typically because one has had an infection, or been drinking alcohol.

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