Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To trade (something) in the black market.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective distributed or sold illicitly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Traded on theblack market . - adjective
Contraband ,bootleg orsmuggled . - verb intransitive To participate in a
black market . - verb transitive To sell in a black market.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective distributed or sold illicitly
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Examples
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When Cities of Salt was initially published in Arabic, black-market copies were selling in Riyadh for nearly $200.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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When Cities of Salt was initially published in Arabic, black-market copies were selling in Riyadh for nearly $200.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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With his various shady connections and through a series of illegal payoffs, Siegel obtained black-market building materials at low enough prices for construction to resume on the Flamingo.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Late last year, the corruption probe led to the arrests of seven people, including two Prince George's police officers, in the scheme to distribute black-market alcohol and cigarettes.
Johnson, former Prince George's county executive, charged with taking $200,000 in bribes Maria Glod 2011
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Late last year, the corruption probe led to the arrests of seven people, including two Prince George's police officers, in the scheme to distribute black-market alcohol and cigarettes.
Johnson, former Prince George's county executive, charged with taking $200,000 in bribes Maria Glod 2011
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Gadhafi's retribution prepared to escape across the border to Egypt, the black-market exchange rate for the Libyan dinar in rebel-held areas plummeted to as low as 1.80 against the dollar, compared with 1.25 two weeks earlier and some 1.50 last week.
In Benghazi, Rebels Vow to Hold On Yaroslav Trofimov 2011
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Their aim is to somehow debunk the common-sense fact that legal sourcing erodes the black-market profits of organized crime.
Laura Carlsen: How Legalizing Marijuana Would Weaken Mexican Drug Cartels Laura Carlsen 2010
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Late last year, the corruption probe led to the arrests of seven people, including two Prince George's police officers, in the scheme to distribute black-market alcohol and cigarettes.
Johnson, former Prince George's county executive, charged with taking $200,000 in bribes Maria Glod 2011
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She was soon stealing pots, dishes, utensils, fruit, a flat-screen TV that "fell off an outrigger canoe," black-market human hearts.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior citizens: Crime and Punishment. Tallulah Morehead 2010
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District Court in Greenbelt with participating in a scheme to distribute black-market alcohol and cigarettes.
Woman in probe seeks more freedom Maria Glod 2011
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