an illegal form of trade in which foreign money, or goods that are difficult to obtain, are bought and soldto buy or sell goods on the black marketa flourishing black market in foreign currencyDuring the war, there was a thriving black market in food.You could buy anything you needed on the black market.Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivethriving,lucrativeblack-market + nounactivity,tradeprepositionon the black market,black market inSeefull entrySee related entries:Economy
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