black-marketeer

[blak-mahr-ki-teer]

verb (used without object)

1. to sell articles in the black market.

Other Word Forms

• black marketeer noun
• black marketer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of black-marketeer¹

First recorded in 1940–45; black market + -eer

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