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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Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Federal investigators have uncovered a massive black-market supply chain flooding bars, venues and homes with counterfeit liquor.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Authorities are always finding booming black-market marijuana operations that grow the plant indoors or underground.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
China could also gain access to the chips on the black market, since another country could buy Nvidia’s chips and resell them to China, Sundararajan said.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Sometimes, the black market streamers help make her case.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Black-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-market. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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