Phrase guide

insider trading

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: business, finance, law

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trading

History

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 內線交易 /内线交易 (nèixiàn jiāoyì) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內部交易 /内部交易 (nèibù jiāoyì) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內幕交易 /内幕交易 (nèimù jiāoyì) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Danish: insiderhandel — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Dutch: handel met voorkennis — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Finnish: sisäpiirikauppa — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • French: délit d'initié — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • German: Insiderhandel — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Hungarian: bennfentes kereskedés — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Indonesian: perdagangan orang dalam — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Japanese: 内部者取引 (naibusha torihiki) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Japanese: インサイダー取引 (insaidā torihiki) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Korean: 내부자 거래 (naebuja georae) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Malay: perdagangan orang dalam — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innsidehandel — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: innsidehandel — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Polish: nielegalny handel akcjami — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Portuguese: informação privilegiada — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Russian: торго́вля инса́йдерской информа́цией (torgóvlja insájdɛrskoj informácijej) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Russian: инса́йдерские торго́вые опера́ции с це́нными бума́гами (insájdɛrskije torgóvyje operácii s cénnymi bumágami) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Russian: внутрисекретная торговля (vnutrisekretnaja torgovlja) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Russian: инсайдерская торговля (insajderskaja torgovlja) — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information
  • Swedish: insiderhandel — trading of securities by a person who has privileged access to information