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black-market
black–market
verb black–mar·ket
Definition of BLACK-MARKET
intransitive verb
: to buy or sell goods in the black market
transitive verb
: to sell in the black market
— black marketer or black marketeer \-ˌmär-kə-ˈtir\ noun
— black mar·ke·teer·ing \-ˈtir-iŋ\ noun
First Known Use of BLACK-MARKET
1943
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