sell away
v. phr.— «Lovegren persuaded clients to put money into his schemes, a practice called “selling away” in the brokerage industry. The investments amounted to little more than a Ponzi scheme in which no real investments are made, she said.» —“Swindler counted on trust to thrive” by Mark Davis Kansas City Star (Kansas/Missouri) May 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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