insider trading

English

insider trading (uncountable)

(finance) The illegal buying or selling of securities of a publicly held company by a person who has privileged access to information concerning the company's financial condition or plans.
- 1942, "Back to Philadelphia," Time, 9 Feb:
  Wall Street wants repeal of the provisions for penalizing executives (and large stockholders) who trade in their company's securities. It claims that publicity on such "insider" trading is enough.
- 2003, Jake Ulick, "Insider trading: A primer ," CNNMoney.com, 5 Jun. (retrieved 25 Oct. 2008):
  The aim of insider trading law is simple: prohibit people from profiting from advance knowledge of a stock-moving event—be it a merger, an earnings warning or a soon-to-be-published news story.

trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內線交易／内线交易 (zh) (nèixiàn jiāoyì), 內部交易／内部交易 (nèibù jiāoyì), 內幕交易／内幕交易 (zh) (nèimù jiāoyì)
Danish: insiderhandel c
Finnish: sisäpiirikauppa
French: délit d'initié (fr)
German: Insiderhandel m
Hungarian: bennfentes kereskedés
Norwegian:
Bokmål: innsidehandel m
Nynorsk: innsidehandel m
Polish: nielegalny handel akcjami m
Russian: торго́вля инса́йдерской информа́цией f (torgóvlja insájdɛrskoj informácijej), инса́йдерские торго́вые опера́ции с це́нными бума́гами f pl (insájdɛrskije torgóvyje operácii s cénnymi bumágami)
Swedish: insiderhandel c

Unadapted borrowing from English insider trading.

insider trading m (uncountable)