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black marketeering

 
 
noun [U] COMMERCE

Definition

illegal trade in products that are difficult or expensive to buy legally: black marketeering in sth The government is trying hard to stop black marketeering in cigarettes.
(Definition of black marketeering noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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