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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USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Garland said the Justice Department was also working to crack down on black-market guns.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
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Verb
In 2023, for the first time in U.S. history, fatal drug overdoses − most of them from black-market fentanyl − peaked above 112,000 deaths.
—USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Garland said the Justice Department was also working to crack down on black-market guns.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Black-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-market. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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