black market
Example Sentences
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She added that stakeholders had expressed concerns that more regulation could push problem gamblers onto the black market.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
Crimea now has regular air-raid alerts, power outages and a gasoline black market with a going rate of as much as $25 a gallon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 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
When we were most desperate, Father once again asked his friend Wojek, who lived outside the ghetto, to sell one on the black market.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
