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Definition of "get-rich-quick" [get-rich-quick]

  • Claiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims. (adjective)

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Use "get-rich-quick" in a sentence
  • "But if a frivolous, get-rich-quick case is built against an individual or business, the defendant should not be financially liable for a wrongful accusation."
  • "Big money developers who lost fortunes in get-rich-quick vapors."
  • "These toxic assets were part of a larger get-rich-quick schemes for officials who apparently found his investigations inconvenient."