"Ponzi scam" meaning in All languages combined

See Ponzi scam on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Ponzi scams [plural]
Etymology: Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|con artist||||}} con artist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Charles Ponzi}} Charles Ponzi, {{named-after|en|Charles Ponzi|born=1882|died=1949|occ=con artist|wplink==}} Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ponzi scam (plural Ponzi scams)
  1. Synonym of Ponzi scheme. Synonyms: Ponzi scheme [synonym, synonym-of], ponzi scam
    Sense id: en-Ponzi_scam-en-noun-05JGHZZD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "con artist",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "con artist",
      "name": "named-after/list"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Charles Ponzi"
      },
      "expansion": "Charles Ponzi",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Charles Ponzi",
        "born": "1882",
        "died": "1949",
        "occ": "con artist",
        "wplink": "="
      },
      "expansion": "Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949)",
      "name": "named-after"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ponzi scams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ponzi scam (plural Ponzi scams)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Ponzi scheme."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ponzi_scam-en-noun-05JGHZZD",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ponzi scheme",
          "Ponzi scheme#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Ponzi scheme"
        },
        {
          "word": "ponzi scam"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ponzi scam"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "con artist",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "con artist",
      "name": "named-after/list"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Charles Ponzi"
      },
      "expansion": "Charles Ponzi",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Charles Ponzi",
        "born": "1882",
        "died": "1949",
        "occ": "con artist",
        "wplink": "="
      },
      "expansion": "Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949)",
      "name": "named-after"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ponzi scams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ponzi scam (plural Ponzi scams)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Ponzi scheme."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ponzi scheme",
          "Ponzi scheme#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Ponzi scheme"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ponzi scam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ponzi scam"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Ponzi scam meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.