单词 | black marketeer |
释义 | black marketeern. A person engaged in trading on the black market (black market n.). Cf. blacketeer n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > black marketeer or boot-legger bootlegger1889 blind-pigger1894 legger1926 black marketeer1941 blacketeer1942 black marketer1942 1941 Times 11 Aug. 5/3 There is a fringe of selfish hoarders and sly ‘black marketeers’. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular i. 34 A look which suggested that I must be a cross between a share-pusher and a black marketeer. 1986 G. Chesbro Veil (1987) x. 66 The good major is..a black marketeer, whoremaster, and big-time dope dealer. 2000 Guardian 9 Nov. ii. 2/4 A one-horse diamond town where there are many dealers who are often black marketeers, working all sorts of deals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1941 |
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