black marketeer
Example Sentences
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The most compelling character in the novel is the black-marketeer, Maurice Blanchard.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2012
To punish merchants who went on selling their wares after a fair had officially closed, Edward's Parliament passed a law under which anyone who successfully sued a black-marketeer could collect part of the culprit's fine.
From Time Magazine Archive
In another car parked near by, a second inspector, posing as a black-marketeer known as "Wally from Denver," was scheduled to make an incriminating deal with a genuine crook called "Tom."
From Time Magazine Archive
A pimp, a Falangist and a black-marketeer, he keeps the family alive even as they insult him for his crimes and venalities.
From Time Magazine Archive
By threatening to expose the black-marketeer, he gets 5,000 francs instead of the agreed 450 for doing the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
