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black-market

black-market

See also: black market

English

Adjective

black-market (not comparable)

  1. Traded on the black market.
  2. Contraband, bootleg or smuggled.

Translations

Verb

black-market (third-person singular simple present black-markets, present participle black-marketing, simple past and past participle black-marketed)

  1. (intransitive) To participate in a black market.
    He black-marketed as a sideline.
  2. (transitive) To sell in a black market.
    He made his living black-marketing goods intended only for tourists.