Word Study
black market
CIDE DICTIONARY
black market, n.
- the illicit buying and selling of goods, in violation of price controls, rationing, tax laws, prohibition of sale, etc. [PJC]
- a place where such illegal commerce is conducted, or the entire system of such illicit commerce considered as a whole; as, the black market accounts for twenty percent of the Ukrainian economy. [PJC]
THESAURUS
black market
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