black market

Example Sentences

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Although Starlink isn’t activated in Russia, a black market for user terminals sprung up with middlemen shipping them to Russian forces.

From The Wall Street Journal

By intervening in the currency market, the government aims to gradually reduce the gap between the official dollar rate and the black market rate, the Ecoanalitica firm said.

From Barron's

On the black market, dollars have traded recently for up to 100 percent more than the official rate.

From Barron's

Selling that oil—at market prices rather than the steep discount Venezuela must take on the black market—could help jump-start an economy that has nosedived over the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal

Contracts are unenforceable and production leaks into black markets.

From MarketWatch