black market
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Tweet n. 1. The illegal business of buying or selling currency or goods banned by a government or subject to governmental control, such as price controls or rationing. 2. A place where such illegal business is carried on. black-market adj. black-market·er (-tər), black-mar′ket·eer (-tîr) n. black-mar′ket·eering n. |
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black-mar·ket (blăkmärkĭt)
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Tweet tr.v. black-mar·ket·ed, black-mar·ket·ing, black-mar·kets To trade (something) in the black market. |
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