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magendo

magendo noun: contraband; the black market.

Noun

magendo (uncountable)

  1. (Kenya) contraband; the black market
    • Mr. Deputy Speaker, does the Minister intend to tell this House that magendo is a business that is impossible to eradicate because it started at the time of Adam and Eve?Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) (volume 53, page 205)

Questions about magendo

What does magendo mean?
Magendo means contraband; the black market.
What part of speech is magendo?
Magendo is a noun.

Words near magendo in the dictionary

  1. Magellans
  2. Magen Avot
  3. Magen David
  4. Magen Davids
  5. magenblase
  6. magendo
  7. Magenis
  8. Magennis
  9. Magennises
  10. Magens
  11. magenstrasse

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