black marketeering

noun

Definition of black marketeeringnext
as in smuggling

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  1. smuggling
  2. poaching
  3. rustling
  4. piracy
  5. petit larceny
  6. looting
Noun
  • Federal officials said the convictions are part of a broader effort to dismantle criminal networks that exploit migrants for profit while targeting the organizations responsible for human trafficking and alien smuggling inside the United States.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • In hard years, Noe Terrebonne, the great-great-grandson of Acadian exiles, would do a bit of smuggling for Li Shan, the Chinese proprietor of a shrimp-drying platform on Bayou Andre, in the marsh north-west of Cheniere Disparue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of smuggling
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  • Recently, though, Disney has begun making moves — including the poaching of Zameczkowski — that suggest its pace of activity in APAC could be quickening.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • The school also runs a cooking basics program that covers mise en place, knife skills, soup and stock production, sauce making and a wide range of cooking methods — roasting, grilling, sautéing, pan-frying, stir-frying, braising, poaching and steaming.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
Definition of poaching
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  • Upon arrival, the constant chime of notifications stops, replaced by the sounds of Gulf waves, the rustling of marsh grasses, and the calls of shorebirds.
    — Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • From the anti-Trump side, meanwhile, the American people hear a nervous rustling of vague doubts.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of rustling
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  • For years, stakeholders, including UK soccer channel Sky Sports, England’s Premier League professional soccer league, and the world’s largest European soccer streamer, DAZN, blamed Fire Sticks for a lot of streaming piracy.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • After that, the Memorandum of Understanding invites Iran to commit piracy by charging ships to transit the strait.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
Definition of piracy
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  • Over the last four months, Burke has been arrested four times for crimes ranging from petit larceny to burglary to assault.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Roman Amatitla, 38, is facing multiple charges, including murder, arson, assault and petit larceny, police said.
    — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of petit larceny
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  • Efforts to prevent looting had been made even before the formation of the MFAA.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
  • President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act after a generation of lobbying by educators and scientists who wanted to protect sites from commercial artifact looting and haphazard collecting by individuals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of looting
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