Search Result for "black_market":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;


VERB (1)

1. deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor;
[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]