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Answer for the clue "Fraudulent scheme placing restraint on tenant ", 12 letters:
chain letter

Word definitions for chain letter in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A typical chain letter consists of a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies of the letter and then pass them on to as many recipients as possible. In reality, the "chain" is actually a geometrically progressing pyramid ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A letter that is mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a letter that is sent successively to several people

Usage examples of chain letter.

Despite the growing storm clouds, the approval process for the Pueblo's first mission was moving ahead like a chain letter.

Today the Emergency Broadcast System is a sort of giant chain letter, intended to pass word of an impending disaster (nuclear, natural, or otherwise) as quickly as possible.

The other things: a chain letter, a bunch of insects and an old lock of hair—.