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get-rich-quick

get-rich-quick adjective: of a scheme, claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.

Adjective

get-rich-quick (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, often) Of a scheme, claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.
    • Five companies offering get-rich-quick schemes to property investors have been shut down.
    • Get-rich-quick email scams are on the increase.

Words formed from get-rich-quick

Questions about get-rich-quick

What does get-rich-quick mean?
Get-rich-quick means of a scheme, claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.
What part of speech is get-rich-quick?
Get-rich-quick is an adjective.

Words near get-rich-quick in the dictionary

  1. get-outs
  2. get-pennies
  3. get-penny
  4. get-readies
  5. get-ready
  6. get-rich-quick
  7. get-rich-quicker
  8. get-rich-quickers
  9. get-there-ativeness
  10. get-there-itis
  11. get-together

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