black market

English

Alternative forms

• black-market (attributive use)

Noun

black market (plural black markets)

1. trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls
2. the people who engage in such trade (considered as a group), or that sector of the economy

See also

• Black market on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls

Czech: černý trh (cs) m. Finnish: musta pörssi (fi) French: marché noir (fr) m. German: Schwarzmarkt (de) m. Japanese: 闇市 (やみいち, yamiichi)

Polish: czarny rynek (pl) Romanian: piață neagră (ro) f. Russian: чёрный рынок (ru) (čórnyj rýnok) m. Spanish: mercado negro (es) m. Swedish: svart börs (sv) c., svart marknad (sv) c.

people who engage in such trade or that sector of the economy

Finnish: musta pörssi (fi) German: Schwarzmarkt (de) m.

Russian: чёрный рынок (ru) (čórnyj rýnok) m. Swedish: svartabörshaj (sv) c.