black market
Example Sentences
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He pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange; Trevor Milton, convicted of defrauding investors in truck maker Nikola; and Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the crypto-fueled black market Silk Road.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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
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
At around $2,000 on Iran's black market, the terminals are expensive and very rare in poorer regions like Balochistan or Kurdistan that have suffered the most government repression, Alimardani said.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
On the way home, we swing by the Hob, the black market that operates in an abandoned warehouse that once held coal.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
