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- noun Attributive form of
pyramid scheme
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Examples
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And then there were hopeless subplots like Margene's naive involvement with a pyramid-scheme sales scam, and newly adopted Cara Lynn's CW/ABC Family-like secret fling with a teacher — which was meant to echo Bill's own romance with third-wife Margene, who unbeknownst to him was underage at the time, a scandal that threatened to bring the family down and send Bill to jail.
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Meanwhile, economic reforms had spawned dozens of pyramid-scheme scandals the government was frantically trying to eradicate.
Amway's China Redux 2009
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Teh pyramid-scheme kitteh on 3 June wuz also named Frank!
Good Night, Good night! Parting is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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There is no pyramid-scheme type repackaging of debt.
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Worldnet DailyKEITH RANIEREA purported pyramid-scheme operator ... has reinvented himself as the head of an upstate group accused of being a "cult" - and his devotees have pumped thousands into Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential run.
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America's currency monopoly is the perfect pyramid-scheme.
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Halfheartedly I propose to Jasmine that her father simply share with her a fraction of his fortune rather than making her degrade herself being a KittyWhip (r) pyramid-scheme rep, but my enthusiasm peters out.
Shampoo Planet Coupland, Douglas 1992
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The very pyramid-scheme design of SS is what's destroying it.
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It looks a bit too much like pyramid-scheme economics to me.
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They are also tax evaders, pyramid-scheme builders and even murderers.
unknown title 2009
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