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black-market

adjective

  1. not comparable Traded on the black market.
  2. not comparable Contraband, bootleg or smuggled.

verb black-markets · black-marketing · 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.

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@misc{black_market_2026,
  title = {black-market},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black-market},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}