black-mar·ket
ˈblak-ˈmär-kət 
black-marketed; black-marketing; black-markets
: to buy or sell goods in the black market
: to sell in the black market
: illicit trade in goods or commodities in violation of official regulations
also
: a place where such trade is carried on
Examples of black-market in a Sentence
Noun
The black market in prescription drugs is thriving.
They unloaded the stolen goods on the black market.
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Rather than fade into the obscurity to which she has been doomed, Elisabeth takes a gamble on a black-market drug called the Substance.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 20 May 2024
Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 25 June 2024
Mark’s mission: Travel to France to show a video of Godwin, obtained on the black market, to a soccer scout named Jean-Luc Lefebvre, who will be able to confirm Godwin’s identity.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
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Verb
Milk, eggs, vegetables, black-market gasoline: all these things were doubling in price, and then doubling again.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Rather than fade into the obscurity to which she has been doomed, Elisabeth takes a gamble on a black-market drug called the Substance.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 20 May 2024
Noun
The claims have included asserting that drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacy chains and other businesses engaged in deceptive marketing and failed to stop the flow of the powerful prescription painkillers to the black market.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 25 June 2024
Mark’s mission: Travel to France to show a video of Godwin, obtained on the black market, to a soccer scout named Jean-Luc Lefebvre, who will be able to confirm Godwin’s identity.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
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“Black-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-market. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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