black market
Example Sentences
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He pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance; Trevor Milton, convicted of defrauding investors in truck maker Nikola; and Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the crypto-fueled black market Silk Road.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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
At around $2,000 on Iran's black market, the terminals are expensive and very rare in poorer regions like Balochistan or Kurdistan that have suffered the most government repression, Alimardani said.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
But lately without the black market not so many commerçants cross the border and it will be difficult.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
