black market
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people who engage in illicit trade
Types & categories
- market hypernym
Parts & wholes
- black marketeer member meronym
Related & opposite
- black market derivation
Sense 2 verb
deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
Types & categories
- trade hypernym
Related & opposite
- run derivation
- black market derivation
- black market derivation
- crime domain topic
- ply verb group
Sense 3 noun
an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
Types & categories
- market hypernym
Related & opposite
- black market derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | black market |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | black marketeer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | market |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | run |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | black market |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | black market |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | ply |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | trade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | black market |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | market |