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  • n  people who engage in illicit trade
  • n  an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
  • v  deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
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  • Egypt pound weakens on black market, debt insurance costs up
    CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian pound weakened on the black market and the country's debt insurance costs hit their highest level since October 2008 as investors grow rattled by Egypt's deteriorating economic indicators. The pound, which has lost 11 percent of its value since December, inched slightly lower at a central bank foreign exchange auction. Egypt has been facing growing fuel shortages ...
    June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Man admits smuggling endangered fish for black market
    A 34-year-old Imperial County man pleaded guilty in federal court in El Centro to smuggling parts of an endangered species of fish into the U.S. to profit from a lucrative black market. Anthony Sanchez Bueno admitted Wednesday in court that …
    June 13, 2013 - FOX 5 San Diego

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