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bucket shop
投機(jī)商號(hào)

[雙語(yǔ)解釋]

（Also called “telephone boiler room.”） An office that is used to promote worthless land or securities by mail or through telemarketing.
（也被稱(chēng)為“電話交易所”）通過(guò)郵件或電話營(yíng)銷(xiāo)來(lái)推銷(xiāo)荒地或垃圾證券的地點(diǎn)。

例句：

Crooks across the country are using bucket shops to scam older people.
全國(guó)各地的騙子都利用投機(jī)商號(hào)來(lái)欺騙老年人。