Pyramid Scheme

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit

MWE

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Pyramid Schemes
possessive: Pyramid Scheme's
pluralpossessive: Pyramid Schemes'

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