black market
Example Sentences
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The offensive led to a state of emergency, power outages, a gasoline black market, and thousands fleeing across the Kerch Bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 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
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
Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“The two girls sell it all on the black market and use the money to buy flashy costume jewelry and cheap perfume.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
