black-market
verb
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
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Fruit, candy, and dessert-like flavors already proliferate among black-market e-cigarettes.
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Sarah Todd, STAT, 6 May 2026
Now, the shutdown has stoked high prices for black-market VPNs.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Since 2011, Syria has lost 85 percent of its gross domestic product; 90 percent of the population is poor and relies on black-market imports from Turkey.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The ongoing investigation, led by Reisig, is sprawling, involving dozens of search warrants and arrests in Los Angeles County and Crescent City aimed at piercing the black-market world of fireworks that fueled the blast.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Sarah Todd, STAT, 6 May 2026
Now, the shutdown has stoked high prices for black-market VPNs.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Since 2011, Syria has lost 85 percent of its gross domestic product; 90 percent of the population is poor and relies on black-market imports from Turkey.
—Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
The ongoing investigation, led by Reisig, is sprawling, involving dozens of search warrants and arrests in Los Angeles County and Crescent City aimed at piercing the black-market world of fireworks that fueled the blast.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for black-market
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“Black-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-market. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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