marketeer
Americannoun
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marketeers
plural
noun
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a supporter of the European Union and of Britain's membership of it
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a marketer
noun
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Etymology
Origin of marketeer
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But it was his radical reforms as premier from 1998 that cemented his reputation as a no-compromise free marketeer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
But he had plenty of good to say about the villainous, “picture-making performance” of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played the extremely dangerous black marketeer Owen Davian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
“You are not as government interfering in the marketplace. You are counteracting the anti-competitive effects of a cartel. Even if you are a free marketeer, it is fair game to knock down anti-competitive, cartel-driven practices.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
Already Turkey has the makings of a bomb program: uranium deposits and research reactors — and mysterious ties to the nuclear world’s most famous black marketeer, Abdul Qadeer Khan of Pakistan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2019
That theme played out in Moscow, where Oleg and Ruslan’s efforts to clean up the grocery trade were stymied by the black marketeer Dmitri’s unwillingness to out the powerful people he serves.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2017
The government says authorities have carried out raids and taken action against hoarders and black marketeers who are exploiting shortages to price gouge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
"The reason is the initiation and enforcement of administrative measures against hoarders, black marketeers and smugglers of dollars," the official said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
Or perhaps some talented marketeers are driving a shift in narrative.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2023
The army said the explosion occurred as soldiers handed out petrol seized from black marketeers in the Akkar region.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2021
That’ll be a blow to the black marketeers and others like them, but even more to people in hiding and anyone else with money that can’t be accounted for.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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