Meanings
adjectiveblack-market (not comparable)
- not comparableTraded on the black market.
- not comparableContraband, bootleg or smuggled.
verbblack-market (third-person singular simple present black-markets, present participle black-marketing, simple past and past participle black-marketed)
present singular third person black-markets · participle present black-marketing · participle past black-marketed · past black-marketed
- transitiveTo sell in a black market.
He made his living black-marketing goods intended only for tourists.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedistributed or sold illicitly
Also see
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Translations
Polish sprzedany na czarnym rynku, podrobiony
- sprzedany na czarnym rynkutraded on the black market
- podrobionycontraband, bootleg, smuggled
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