1.petollinen liiketoimintatapa, johon liittyy pyramidihuijaus, kuten jakeluportaiden keinotekoinen lisääminen ja hintojen nouseminen
1.a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated