Ponzi

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒnzi/    美 /ˈpɑnzi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Ponzi scheme.
    — Based on the media's portrayal of these Ponzies, at the end of the day, it seems as though these villains had zero concern about what they were doing to their clients.
动词 v.
  1. To introduce or perpetrate a Ponzi scheme style scam. informal,intransitive,uncommon
    — Harry then ponzied over on Rotarians, the slickest scheme in high finance that has ever been witnessed by the organization.
  2. To deceive someone by promising false investment returns that are funded by the proceeds of a new victim. informal,transitive,uncommon
    — About 6,000 California investors did—and got "Ponzied" out of their money.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to a scheme whereby investors' returns are paid for directly by later investors' investments, giving the false impression that the investment is viable. not-comparable
    — Officers, who say he [Kautilya Nandan Pruthi] was Britain's most prolific Ponzi fraudster "by some way", fear that only around £2m will be returned to his victims.

词形变化

Ponzis plural Ponzies plural Ponzies present,rare,singular,third-person Ponzying participle,present Ponzied participle,past Ponzied past

词源

词源 1
Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) who notoriously ran such type of scam.
词源 2
Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) who notoriously ran such type of scam.
词源 3
Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) who notoriously ran such type of scam.
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