"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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 44 10 9
  2. Contraband, bootleg or smuggled. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-black-market-en-adj-lfTm8Zcl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 44 10 9

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
  2. (transitive) To sell in a black market. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-black-market-en-verb-F9L-sG3Y

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for black-market meaning in English (2.4kB)

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