black market

Example Sentences

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With fuel trading hands at around $8 per liter on the black market, even a short taxi ride can swallow most of a civil servant's wages.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

In an April social media post, Kennedy criticized the FDA’s failure to approve more peptides—for “driving a dangerous black market that puts Americans at risk.”

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Van Zeller, 50, has won dozens of awards for the program that has taken her around the world to report on black market activities and human trafficking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Sophie Stuchfield, a driving instructor from Watford, tells the BBC the black market has taken advantage of the demand for earlier test slots.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Papa had taken some of his cash and bought a bag of rice at the black market in Hiroshima.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata