nigra merkato

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ni‧gra mer‧ka‧to

Noun

nigra merkato (accusative singular nigran merkaton, plural nigraj merkatoj, accusative plural nigrajn merkatojn)

  1. black market
    • 2013, Julia Sigmond, Sen Rodin, Libazar' Kaj Tero (Originala romano en Esperanto), Mondial, →ISBN, page 307:
      ... onidire ekzistis vasta nigra merkato pri falsaj paciloj el kartono ...
      ... rumour has it that there was a large black market for fake paciloj out of cardboard ...
    • 1947, The New Dawn:
      La nigra merkato kreskis kaj floris ...
      The black market grew and flourished ...
    • 1962, Chí Minh Hò̂, Nia heroa popolo: rakontoj pri la revolucia vivo de la popolgvidantoj kaj batalantoj de Vjetnamio:
      ... litografŝtonoj, eĉ tipografiaĵ literoj kaj bonkvalita papero aĉetitaj laŭ la nigra merkato.
      ... litographic limestones, even typographic letters and high-quality paper, all of it procured from the black market.