black marketer

variants or black marketeer
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Noun
  • The suspect allegedly attempted to flee again by jumping fences and ignoring the officers’ commands to stop, but was apprehended and placed in custody.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026
  • The last little bit before Dadeland South is also unfinished and awaiting the end of station construction, so users must navigate a narrow alley between fences and then a maze of signs and traffic cones to reach it.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • As if to prove the point, street prices for cocaine in the United States have plummeted, the opposite of what would be expected if smugglers were being deterred.
    Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • In other instances, Warrick said, there will be ghost carriers or fraudulent pickups of drivers or middlemen posing as legitimate transporters, but who are really smugglers.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Gosha, a local station master, has a side-hustle of his own, turning a blind eye while bootleggers siphon diesel from the tankers that sit idly on the train tracks.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
  • Weeth said bootleggers purchase fireworks from manufacturers in China and who, for a fee, package the fireworks in colorful branding, which are more difficult to track and often lack proper warnings.
    Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The shift away from fixer-uppers also showed up in earnings reports from home improvement retailers.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The members-only retailer continues to execute, but its valuation remains the biggest hurdle.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Kayleigh Davies is an antiques specialist for the global online auction platform Auctionet and has previously worked as an auctioneer and valuer.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • There are also weekly livestock auctions that are quite the sensory, chaotic feast, with multiple auctioneers going at the same time.
    Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • And soon, the affluent trafficker of exotic animals identifies Irene as a suffering woman who has quietly become a dangerous predator herself.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
  • Court documents say Lesure was a prolific drug trafficker for the Highs street gang, selling fentanyl at the intersection of Broadway and Lyndale in north Minneapolis.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Noun
  • North America is strengthening its role as an oil and gas exporter while also expanding renewables.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Saudi Arabia, the ​world’s biggest ​oil exporter, has joined a rush to move cargoes ​after Middle East producers ​ramped ⁠up oil and gas output and exports ahead of an interim ⁠deal ​to halt the ​war between the United States and Iran.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Founded and led by Nigerian industry vet Moses Babatope, the group is the West African theatrical distributor for Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures through its partnership with UIP.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • The distributor extended its streak of Palme d’Or pick-ups by nabbing Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
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“Black marketer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20marketer. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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