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black market

market in which goods or services are traded illegally
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Summary

black market ranks in the top 0.98% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,994 views/month, #762 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Follows: grey market[2]
  • Subclass of: market[3]
  • Has use: illicit trade[4]
  • Commons category: Black market[5]
  • Opposite of: white market[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Black markets[7]
  • Manifestation of: shadow economy[8]

Why It Matters

black market has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → black-market
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: black-market, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910458|black market (#289910458)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Follows → grey market
    Has use → illicit trade
    Local thumb → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283264505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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