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Adjective: black-market  'blak'maa(r)kit
  1. Distributed or sold illicitly
    - bootleg, black, contraband, smuggled
Noun: black market  blak 'maa(r)kit
  1. People who engage in illicit trade
     
  2. An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
Verb: black market  blak 'maa(r)kit
  1. Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
    - run

Derived forms: black markets

See also: illegal

Type of: market, market place, marketplace, merchandise, merchandize, trade

Encyclopedia: Black market

Black-market