trash ‘n’ cash
n.— «It is feared that short-sellers—investors who use falling share prices to make money—were deliberately spooking the market in order to profit from plunging stocks in a practice called trash ‘n’ cash.» —“HBOS: Malicious traders in the City try to topple the Halifax bank” by Christine Seib Times (London, United Kingdom) Mar. 20, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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