black-mar·ket
ˈblak-ˈmär-kət 
black-marketed; black-marketing; black-markets
: to buy or sell goods in the black market
: to sell in the black market
: illicit trade in goods or commodities in violation of official regulations
also
: a place where such trade is carried on
Examples of black-market in a Sentence
Noun
The black market in prescription drugs is thriving.
They unloaded the stolen goods on the black market.
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Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
His grandfather, who migrated from Tunisia to Belleville in 1956, opened the butcher shop just outside the subway station by a busy street corner where young men now hawk black-market cartons of cigarettes for cash.
—Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Elisabeth turns to the black market to try a new drug that promises to — literally, from an opening in her own body — spring forth a new, younger version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley.
—EW.com, 11 July 2024
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Verb
Moore, who also recently starred on the FX series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, plays a celebrity named Elizabeth Sparkle, who tries a black-market drug to create a younger version of herself.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
His grandfather, who migrated from Tunisia to Belleville in 1956, opened the butcher shop just outside the subway station by a busy street corner where young men now hawk black-market cartons of cigarettes for cash.
—Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
Noun
Kay had used opioids enough to know black market oxycodone pills might be laced with dangerous drugs such as fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Elisabeth turns to the black market to try a new drug that promises to — literally, from an opening in her own body — spring forth a new, younger version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley.
—EW.com, 11 July 2024
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“Black-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-market. Accessed 16 Jul. 2024.
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