black-market

Speech parts

1. black-market - Noun

2. black-market - Adjective

3. black-market - Verb

4. black-market - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls

people who engage in illicit trade

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

distributed or sold illicitly

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black market

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the black economy pays no taxes Source: Internet

Added to that, there is a thriving and very lucrative black market for poached wild game (sold and enthusiastically purchased as expensive luxury delicacies) and the numbers of commercial poachers in operation is unknown but presumed to be fairly high. Source: Internet

According to a report commissioned by the Colorado Department of Revenue,the legal market had effectively squashed the black market in Colorado. Source: Internet

Adam, pg 275. Also see Katrin Himmler's book "The Brothers Himmler", about the Himmler family There was corruption in the system, with Nazis buying and selling denazification certificates on the black market. Source: Internet

Although companies are accessing foreign currency from the auction system, a significant number of firms are still "double-dipping" by pegging the prices of their goods or services on the black market, resulting in pricing distortions in the market. Source: Internet

A truck containing Schindler's mistress Marta, several Jewish workers, and a load of black market trade goods followed behind. Source: Internet

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