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verb
To sell misleadingly, fraudulently, or in violation of laws or regulations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: business, finance
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English sell English mis-sell From mis- + sell.
