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black-market

black-market adjective: traded on the black market.

Adjective

black-market (not comparable)

  1. Traded on the black market.
  2. Contraband, bootleg or smuggled.

Verb

black-market (third-person singular simple present black-markets, present participle black-marketing, simple past and past participle black-marketed)

  1. (intransitive) To participate in a black market.
    • He black-marketed as a sideline.
  2. (transitive) To sell in a black market.
    • He made his living black-marketing goods intended only for tourists.

Forms of black-market

third-person singular presentblack-markets
present participleblack-marketing
past participleblack-marketed
pastblack-marketed

Questions about black-market

What does black-market mean?
Black-market means traded on the black market.
What part of speech is black-market?
Black-market can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near black-market in the dictionary

  1. black-letter day
  2. black-letter days
  3. black-letter law
  4. black-lipped pika
  5. black-lipped pikas
  6. black-market
  7. black-marketeer
  8. black-marketeers
  9. black-marketing
  10. black-mouthed
  11. black-naped oriole

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