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BLACK MARKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("black market" is a kind of...):
market; market place; marketplace (the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold)
Derivation:
black market (deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
People who engage in illicit trade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("black market" is a kind of...):
market (the customers for a particular product or service)
Meronyms (members of "black market"):
black marketeer (someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities)
Derivation:
black market (deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
Synonyms:
black market; run
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "black market" is one way to...):
merchandise; trade (engage in the trade of)
Verb group:
ply; run (travel a route regularly)
Domain category:
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
black market (an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls)
black market (people who engage in illicit trade)
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