black-marketed

past tense of black-market

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for black-marketed
Verb
  • The horns, smuggled from Angola, were seized, and the Vietnamese national involved was arrested.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of freely taking up legal work in Thailand, Sara was smuggled at gunpoint into a scammers’ compound in Myanmar.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The only entrance from the highway is heavily fenced.
    A.K. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Sarno’s crew also engaged in smash-and-grab robberies in which hundreds of thousands of dollars in gems were stolen from jewelry stores and then fenced at a Cicero pawnshop operated by the Outlaws motorcycle gang, according to prosecutors.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • ClubNFT launched as a safety net to protect the digital artifacts transacted via NFTs, backing up more than a million digital artworks and assets owned by the world’s leading collectors.
    Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Further, however, signs concerning the sales and use permit also were posted at the location, saying no sales can be transacted there.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Also in the package, which was negotiated behind closed doors during the final days of the 9-month legislative session, were deals to replenish the state wildfire fund and create a regional electric grid for western states to trade excess energy.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Bay Area state senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin had negotiated a $750 million loan for transit into this year’s budget, meant to avoid service cuts until voters authorize a potential regional sales tax measure in November 2026 that could provide longterm replacement for farebox revenue.
    Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dutch driver likely purchased the car at its full price of approximately $475,000, along with an additional set of wheels and a package of spares.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His brother Chris Tobler purchased their grandparents' home a few years ago.
    Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a public institution, UVU upholds First Amendment rights and fosters an environment where ideas – popular or controversial – can be exchanged freely, energetically, and civilly.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a key change with the new product range, the Silicon Valley giant swapped the mid-tier iPhone Plus model for the iPhone Air – which the company touts as its thinnest iPhone ever.
    James Powel, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The entire fin also removes so that a dead battery can be swapped immediately for a fresh one, even without getting out of the water.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Union leaders bargained with the administration for those who were laid off to receive three months of severance, rather than two weeks of pay per year of service; three months of COBRA insurance coverage; and rehiring priority for any positions becoming vacant over the next two years.
    News Desk, Artforum, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Details about the appeal are confidential per arbitration standards and collectively bargained terms.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Black-marketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black-marketed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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