BLACK MARKETEER
Dictionary entry overview: What does black marketeer mean?
• BLACK MARKETEER (noun)
The noun BLACK MARKETEER has 1 sense:
1. someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
Familiarity information: BLACK MARKETEER used as a noun is very rare.
• BLACK MARKETEER (verb)
The verb BLACK MARKETEER has 1 sense:
1. deal on the black market
Familiarity information: BLACK MARKETEER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACK MARKETEER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("black marketeer" is a kind of...):
provider; supplier (someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity)
Holonyms ("black marketeer" is a member of...):
black market (people who engage in illicit trade)
• BLACK MARKETEER (verb)
Meaning:
Deal on the black market
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "black marketeer" is one way to...):
deal; sell; trade (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
