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black market
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black market
(noun)
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black market
noun
plural
black markets
black market
noun
plural
black markets
Learner's definition of BLACK MARKET
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a system through which things are bought and sold illegally
The
black market
in prescription drugs is thriving.
They unloaded the stolen goods on the
black market
.
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— black marketeer
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