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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]