black-marketed

verb

past tense of black-market
as in smuggled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black-marketed
  1. smuggled
  2. fenced
  3. transacted
  4. negotiated
  5. purchased
  6. exchanged
  7. swapped
  8. bargained
Verb
  • It’s based on secret recordings — heard here for the first time — made by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1991, and smuggled out of her home in Kensington Palace.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In 2025, Ukraine smuggled over 100 small drones into Russia in commercial cargo trucks and used them to strike strategic air bases thousands of miles from the border.
    — Todd J. Stein, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of smuggled
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  • The Los Angeles Times reports that the plaza will be permanently fenced off, with makeshift structures to be replaced by stainless steel barriers.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has fenced off its central plaza, beneath the spaceship-like, hovering building, reports the Los Angeles Times.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of fenced
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  • The bulk of the trades – about 125 puts with strikes from 2,250 to 2,500 – were transacted closer to the ask, suggesting they were bought.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Aggregated across 115 million American adults, the team puts the total consumer surplus at roughly $172 billion a year — value received and never transacted, comfortably more than the AI industry collected in American revenue over the same period.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of transacted
Verb
  • StudioCanal Stories negotiated the rights to the book series.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • After some back-and-forth, the Disney streamer took it off the market with a straight-to-series order, which is still being negotiated.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiated
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  • For 30 shillings, Bullitt and his two partners, Charles and Andrew Lewis, purchased 300 acres just beyond the Shenandoah Valley as a reward for his service during the French and Indian War.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • As part of his plea agreement, Iza agreed to forfeit several items purchased as part of the conspiracy, including two Mercedes-Benzes, a Ferrari and dozens of luxury handbags from Hermes, Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of purchased
Verb
  • No payment is requested or exchanged at any point during the selection, evaluation or ranking process; inclusion is based solely on the methodology.
    — Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Fresh off the heels of Thom Browne’s New York Fashion Week presentation, where models and dancers embodied bugs and butterflies, the designer exchanged emails with Tyler Matthew Oyer about his creative process.
    — Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • Kahn also pointed to companies that dropped agents into existing workflows, or swapped an employee for one.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The watch, released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Overseas, comes with three interchangeable straps that can be swapped without tools.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of swapped
Verb
  • Salary caps in the NFL, NBA and NHL, along with the luxury-tax system in MLB, are lawful because they’ve been collectively bargained.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Jefferson County Education Association bargained the provisions after Evergreen became the district's third school shooting, following Columbine High School in 1999 and Deer Creek Middle School in 2010.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bargained
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