"black-market" meaning in English

See black-market in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} black-market (not comparable)
  1. Traded on the black market. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-black-market-en-adj-kO5~d8-S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 27 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 18 18
  2. Contraband, bootleg or smuggled. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-black-market-en-adj-lfTm8Zcl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 27 20 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 34 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 39 16 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 35 20 20

Verb

Forms: black-markets [present, singular, third-person], black-marketing [participle, present], black-marketed [participle, past], black-marketed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} black-market (third-person singular simple present black-markets, present participle black-marketing, simple past and past participle black-marketed)
  1. (intransitive) To participate in a black market. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-black-market-en-verb-VaYrKs6M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 27 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 18 18
  2. (transitive) To sell in a black market. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-black-market-en-verb-F9L-sG3Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 27 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 18 18

Inflected forms

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