black-marketeer
Americanverb (used without object)
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Origin of black-marketeer
First recorded in 1940–45; black market + -eer
Example Sentences
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The most compelling character in the novel is the black-marketeer, Maurice Blanchard.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2012
He would throw every last black-marketeer in jail.
From Time Magazine Archive
To get out the full, running narrative of Hungary's deathwatch, Jones ran off five carbon copies of his stories, sent them out with acquaintances, passers-by and an Austrian black-marketeer.
From Time Magazine Archive
By threatening to expose the black-marketeer, he gets 5,000 francs instead of the agreed 450 for doing the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is Jack Wilcox, an American black-marketeer, who turns Dyar into an accomplice in his currency deals.
From Time Magazine Archive
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