English / idiom
Black Market
MEANING IN ENGLISH
An illegal or underground trade or system where goods and services are bought and sold illicitly
In context
01
During the famine, corrupt traders sold subsidized grain on the black market instead of feeding the starving.
02
Empathetic activists cracked down on the black market to guarantee free medication for poor patients.
Synonyms
underground economy,illicit trade,shadow market
Antonyms
legal market,official market,open market
Collocations
black market prices,thrive on the black market,sell on the black market