black marketeering
noun[U]
COMMERCEukusillegaltradeinproductsthat aredifficultorexpensivetobuylegally:
black marketeering in sthThegovernmentistryinghard tostopblackmarketeering incigarettes.
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This was the first of several demonetizations, ostensibly carried out with the aim of fightingblackmarketeering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They had been imprisoned forblackmarketeeringand hijacking army vehicles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The result was economic chaos as the monetary economy collapsed and was replaced by barter andblackmarketeering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Blackmarketeeringwas sometimes tolerated by the guards, as they themselves were involved in the buying or exchanging of goods, and at other times punished severely.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nor didblackmarketeeringunduly upset moral sensibilities in this region with a long tradition of extra-legal trading and a relatively secure supply base.
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Rural communes were rife with stories of hoarding andblackmarketeeringallegedly perpetrated by the peasantry.
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Blackmarketeeringwas illegal and was pursued with a vengeance.
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Of course, the greatest scandal is theblackmarketeeringin constituencies, the sale of seats to rich men, that goes on.
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The present bad currency affects the whole economic life of the country, leading, among other things, to hoarding,blackmarketeeringand impairment of production.
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