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black land

black land verb: to illegally trawl fish in excess of fishing quotas.

Verb

black land (third-person singular simple present black lands, present participle black landing, simple past and past participle black landed)

  1. (Shetland) To illegally trawl fish in excess of fishing quotas.

Forms of black land

third-person singular presentblack lands
present participleblack landing
past participleblack landed
pastblack landed

Origin of black land

Back-formation from black landing (“illegal fishing trawl in excess of fishing quotas”).

Questions about black land

What does black land mean?
Black land means to illegally trawl fish in excess of fishing quotas.
What part of speech is black land?
Black land is a verb.
What is the past tense of black land?
The past tense of black land is black landed.

Words near black land in the dictionary

  1. black knight
  2. black knights
  3. black knot
  4. black ladies
  5. black lady
  6. black land
  7. black landed
  8. black landing
  9. black landings
  10. black lands
  11. black latten

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