black market

Example Sentences

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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

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

Last year, BBC Sport conducted an investigation exposing an enormous black market for tickets in the Premier League.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

With black market gas prices nearly double, some are looking to cook on wood stoves or use less energy-consuming methods.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

What Cubans couldn’t buy in Cuba—unless it was on the black market, and that was usually expensive—had to be brought in from abroad.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French