black market
Example Sentences
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Driving instructors say the black market trade has exploded as waiting times across the UK have soared, and thousands of learner drivers have struggled to get driving tests without a long wait.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
The caregiver for her elderly mother and a grandchild, she spends much of her time scouring government stores and the black market for food and medicine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
With black market gas prices nearly double, some are looking to cook on wood stoves or use less energy-consuming methods.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Iran’s central bank, one presumes, injected foreign currency into the black market to prop up the rial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
In 1943, Oskar Schindler was arrested and briefly jailed for his black market activities.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
