BLACK MARKETEERING Synonyms: 39 Similar Words

black marketeering

noun

Definition of black marketeering

as in smuggling

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Noun

The area is also often used for smuggling of wildlife and small arms, the report says.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
But after the town’s economy cratered with the closure of the local sardine cannery, Rangel, anxious to provide for the couple’s 1-year-old daughter, agreed to take a smuggling job.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of smuggling

Noun

The reserve once had a diverse wildlife population but was wiped out in the early 1980s because of rampant poaching and prolonged insecurity in the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
In the OpenAI case, the WSJ suggested that Apple might be motivated to bring the lawsuit just to slow down either OpenAI’s device development or the poaching of its employees.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 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

Noun

In addition to chasing down individual links and posts, studios will also look to combat large-scale piracy happening across the broader ecosystem.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2026
It is dominated by media piracy, and very little legitimate file-sharing occurs.

— Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of piracy

Noun

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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