black-marketeer
Americanverb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
- black marketeer noun
- black marketer noun
Etymology
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 managed to dress neatly, and some suspected that he was a black-marketeer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two thugs, Martin and Grandgil, are hired by a black-marketeer to tote four valises filled with meat across the city.
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
A U.S. black-marketeer, when arrested by the Italian police, claims in his defense: "I was a member of the resistance group against that democrat, Roosevelt."
From Time Magazine Archive
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