'black market' definitions:
Definition of 'black market'
(from WordNet)
noun
People who engage in illicit trade
noun
An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
verb
Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: run, black market]
Definition of 'black market'
From: GCIDE
- black market \black market\ n.
- 1. the illicit buying and selling of goods, in violation of price controls, rationing, tax laws, prohibition of sale, etc. [PJC]
- 2. a place where such illegal commerce is conducted, or the entire system of such illicit commerce considered as a whole; as, the black market accounts for twenty percent of the Ukrainian economy. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'black market'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actionable,
- against the law,
- anarchic,
- anarchistic,
- anomic,
- black-marketeer,
- bootleg,
- bootlegging,
- chargeable,
- contraband,
- contrary to law,
- Cosa Nostra,
- criminal,
- felonious,
- fence,
- flawed,
- gambling,
- gray market,
- illegal,
- illegal commerce,
- illegal operations,
- illegitimate,
- illegitimate business,
- illicit,
- illicit business,
- impermissible,
- irregular,
- justiciable,
- lawless,
- loan-sharking,
- Mafia,
- moonshine,
- moonshining,
- narcotics traffic,
- nonconstitutional,
- nonlegal,
- nonlicit,
- organized crime,
- outlaw,
- outlawed,
- prostitution,
- protection racket,
- punishable,
- push,
- racket,
- shady dealings,
- shove,
- the rackets,
- the syndicate,
- traffic in women,
- triable,
- unallowed,
- unauthorized,
- unconstitutional,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- unlawful,
- unofficial,
- unstatutory,
- unwarrantable,
- unwarranted,
- usury,
- white slavery,
- wrongful