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black market

 
 
noun [C]

Translation

illegal trading of goods that are not allowed to be bought and sold or that there are not enough of for everyone who wants them
kara borsa
the black market in heroin21062385
(Definition of black market noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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