BLACK MARKETEERING Synonyms: 39 Similar Words

black marketeering

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Definition of black marketeering

as in smuggling

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As a lifelong lover of reptiles, Eric Goode has known about the world of exotic reptile smuggling for decades.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Goode charts the exploitation and mistreatment of reptiles that are illegally sold and sometimes endangered through intricate, decades-old smuggling operations that have often, but not always, escaped detection at airports.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Kenya has previously recorded incidents of elephants being poisoned as a result of poaching and human-wildlife conflict.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Their primary threats are habitat loss and poaching, and wild populations have declined by at least 80 percent over three generations.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 July 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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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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Cabinet members reserve almost a fifth of the government’s vaccine stockpile for themselves, and the public reacts with mass looting and violent civil unrest.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Efforts to prevent looting had been made even before the formation of the MFAA.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

Definition of looting

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