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Noun CEFR B2

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An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors.

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Deutsch Pyramidensystem Schneeballsystem

Español esquema piramidal estafa de pirámide fraude de pirámide empresarial

Suomi pyramidihuijaus

Français pyramide de Ponzi vente pyramidale

Italiano marketing piramidale sistema piramidale

日本語ネズミ講無限連鎖講

Nederlands piramidespel piramidestelsel piramidesysteem

Polski piramida finansowa

Português esquema de pirâmide

Русский фина́нсовая пирами́да

Svenska pyramidspel

Türkçe saadet zinciri

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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