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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 website opens up with a dark blue page - a colour that brand marketeers like to associate with trust and quality, not to mention royalty.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

Donaghy’s understanding of capitalism — one that the unbound free marketeers of the Premier League would doubtless recognize — would identify that as an imperfect synergy.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

"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

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