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[syn: run, black market]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
black market \black market\ n.
1. the illicit buying and selling of goods, in violation of
price controls, rationing, tax laws, prohibition of sale,
etc.
[PJC]
2. 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
black market
n 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
v 1: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: run,
black market]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "black market":
Cosa Nostra, Mafia, actionable, against the law, anarchic,
anarchistic, anomic, black-marketeer, bootleg, bootlegging,
chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, felonious,
fence, flawed, gambling, gray market, illegal, illegal commerce,
illegal operations, illegitimate, illegitimate business, illicit,
illicit business, impermissible, irregular, justiciable, lawless,
loan-sharking, moonshine, moonshining, narcotics traffic,
nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, organized crime, outlaw,
outlawed, prostitution, protection racket, punishable, push,
racket, shady dealings, shove, the rackets, the syndicate,
traffic in women, triable, unallowed, unauthorized,
unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful,
unofficial, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted, usury,
white slavery, wrongful