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老鼠倉

简老鼠仓 · 繁老鼠倉

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo shǔ cāng

(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
鼠: shǔ · rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208
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仓: cāng · granary; berth; sea

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3–3–1 · lao3 shu3 cang1

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A means by which employees of financial institutions take advantage of their positions to profit from the illegal conversion of public funds into private funds.

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