BLACK MARKETEERING Synonyms: 39 Similar Words

black marketeering

noun

Definition of black marketeering

as in smuggling

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Noun

In addition, the probe is looking at people tied to the company, like Alice Huang, and at whether China recruited her to spy and assist the smuggling of AI chips into the country.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
No other deputies have been implicated in the drug-smuggling scheme, but the case brought scrutiny on Meiser’s unit and its interaction with inmates.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of smuggling

Noun

Behind the deaths of Norden’s family and the supporting characters, there are almost always traces of human violence — poaching and war.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
The guardedness is understandable, as the threat of poaching is still everywhere.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of poaching

Noun

After a few silent minutes at the now-still Locomotive Springs, there is a rustling.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of rustling

Noun

The hijacking followed a resurgence of Somali piracy across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Three years after the Ganj-i-Sawai heist, Richard Coote, New York’s colonial governor, described how one of his efforts to root out piracy had led him to Jones.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of piracy

Noun

Claims of looting have also inspired closer examination of the trove of East and South Asian art objects donated to the museum in the late 1990s by the Alsdorf family.

— Kelley Engelbrecht, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Najib has been behind bars since August 2022, when the Kuala Lumpur High Court upheld his graft conviction linked to a multibillion-dollar looting of the state investment fund 1MDB.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of looting

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