black-marketv.
/ˈblakmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˈblækˌmɑrkət/ transitive. To deal or trade (goods) on the black market. Also intransitive.
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade illegally or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > deal in black market
black-market1943
1943 E. M. Almedingen Frossia ii. 81 People black-marketed in currency, in timber..in leather and in steel.
1969 Orissa (India) Rev. Mar. 8/1 The State Civil Supply Price Enquiry Committee set up..remedies to cure the tendency of hoarding and black-marketing essential commodities and food-stuff.
1982 Chicago Sun-Times 8 Sept. 51/2 Some blackmarket the copied emblem.
2009 N.Y. Mag. 6 Apr. 31/1 Over glasses of vodka..he recounted how he had black-marketed goods in communist Poland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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