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black-marketer

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black-mar⋅ke⋅teer

[blak-mahr-ki-teer]
–verb (used without object)
to sell articles in the black market.

Origin:
1940–45; black market + -eer


black marketeer, black marketer, noun
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black market  
n.  
  1. The illegal business of buying or selling goods or currency in violation of restrictions such as price controls or rationing.

  2. A place where these illegal operations are carried on.

black'-mar'ket (blāk'mär'kĭt) adj., black'-mar'ket·er, black'-mar'ket·eer' (-mär'kĭ-tîr') n., black'-mar'ket·eer'ing n.
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