black market

Example Sentences

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Soon there was a black market for maple syrup.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are now in a race against time to locate the stolen jewelry before it is dismantled and sold on the black market.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the U.S. has previously targeted sanctioned oil, it is now increasingly focused on seizing ships that make up the so-called “ghost fleet” and serve the global black market for oil, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Szabo expects Venezuela's oil exports will fall by nearly half in the coming months, slashing critical foreign currency income from Venezuela's black market sales.

From Barron's

U.S. sanctions normally deter aboveboard oil traders, but a black market flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal