shell game
Example Sentences
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The 82-page suit on behalf of Leadenhall Capital Partners claimed that the owners were “operating a giant shell game at best, and an outright Ponzi scheme at worst.”
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
He threw money around, put his name on everything, and, crucially, used threats of legal action to silence most people who would dare publicly question his shell game.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023
"Your assets can be moved around in whatever shell game Binance prefers. And in the end, whenever everything crashes you're last in line," Stark told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2023
On the way down, he was proof, to those who wanted it, that crypto businesses were not much more than a shell game.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022
Each had a sea sponge underneath, like a rigged shell game.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
