Choose the word closest in meaning to the word in capitals.
The traders were accused of HOARDING rice to push up its price.

sellingCorrect answerYour answerwastingCorrect answerYour answerstealingCorrect answerYour answerstockpilingCorrect answerYour answer

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Correct answer: D

To hoard is to collect and store a large amount. Stockpiling means the same, and it pushes prices up by making rice scarce.

Worth noting

Stealing is wrong in the sentence but is not what hoarding means: a hoarder keeps goods that are his own.

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Choose the word closest in meaning to the word in capitals.The traders were accused of HOARDING rice to push up its price.