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black' mar'ket




1. the illicit buying and selling of goods in violation of legal price controls, rationing, etc.
2. a place where such activity is carried on.

black-mar•ket



Pronunciation: (blak'mär'kit), [key]
—v.i.
to black-marketeer.

—v.t.
to sell (something) in the black market.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

black markblack-marketeer
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