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black-market

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black-mar·ket (blkmärkt)
tr.v. black-mar·ket·ed, black-mar·ket·ing, black-mar·kets
To trade (something) in the black market.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.black-market - distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
bootleg, contraband, smuggled, black
illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"


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So if I am late, they will go with someone else"--which is to say, another legitimate distributor with better black-market connections.
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