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black market

Syllabification: (black mar·ket)
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Definition of black market

noun

(the black market)
  • an illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities:they planned to sell the meat on the black market [as modifier]:black market currency trading

Derivatives

black marketeer

(also black-marketeer) noun

black-marketeer

verb

black marketer

noun

black market in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of black market in the British & World English dictionary