Mobspeak: A Glossary CHOP STOCK: A thinly traded stock with a very wide bid-ask spread VIG: The ultrawide bid-ask spread commonly found in Mob-dominated stocks HOUSE STOCKS: Stocks sold aggressively to the public by the firms that control them BOXING (AS IN ''BOXING A STOCK''): Controlling the market for a stock by trades among cooperating brokerages PARKING: Buying a stock for a customer by ''mistake,'' as part of a scheme to hike the price and control the market in a stock

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