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  • 1Boiler room (business) — The term boiler room in business refers to a busy center of activity, often selling questionable goods by telephone. It typically refers to a room where salesmen work, selling stocks, and using unfair, dishonest sales tactics, sometimes selling… …

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  • 2boiler room —    an operation for the unscrupulous selling of securities    Punning on the intense heat applied. Also as boiler house or shop:     ... an ex con called Sidney Coe who had time for a boiler room operation in Kansas City. (Sanders, 1990 Sidney… …

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  • 3boiler room — boil·er room n: a room equipped with telephones used for making high pressure usu. fraudulent sales pitches Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. boiler room …

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  • 4boiler room — Used to describe place or operation in which unscrupulous salespeople call and try to sell people speculative, even fraudulent securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * boiler room ˈboiler room also ˈboiler shop noun [countable] FINANCE an …

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  • 5Boiler Room (film) — Infobox Film name = Boiler Room imdb id = 0181984 writer = Ben Younger starring = Giovanni Ribisi Vin Diesel Nia Long Nicky Katt Ron Rifkin Ben Affleck Tom Everett Scott Scott Caan director = Ben Younger producer = Jennifer Todd Suzanne Todd… …

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  • 6boiler room — n. A room set up as a telemarketing operation, but used to run scams, such as selling fake jewelry or stocks. Example Citation: Here s how it works: A marketing service sends junk mail, including information on a Canadian lottery, to Americans,… …

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  • 7Operation Trident (1971) — Operation Trident Part of Indo Pakistani War of 1971 Date 4–5 December 1971 Location Arabian Sea, 14 to 70 nmi south of Karachi port, Pakistan …

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  • 8Operation Ten-Go — 天號作戰 or 天号作戦 Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II Yamato …

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  • 9Boiler — For the Limp Bizkit song, see Boiler (song). A portable boiler (preserved, Poland) …

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  • 10National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors — The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors is composed of chief boiler and pressure vessel inspectors representing states, cities, and provinces enforcing pressure equipment laws and regulations. Created to prevent death, injury… …

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