All 6 Uses of
black market
in
Atlas Shrugged
- "Well, no," people said in drawing rooms, "you mustn't call it a black market, because it isn't, really.†
Chpt 2.1black market = the coming together of people who buy and sell things illegally
- Now would you care to be a martyr for an issue of principle, only in circumstances where nobody will know that that's what you are-nobody but you and me-where you won't get a chance to breathe a word about the issue or the principle-where you won't be a hero, the creator of a spectacular new metal, making a stand against enemies whose actions might appear somewhat shabby in the eyes of the public-where you won't be a hero, but a common criminal, a greedy industrialist who's cheated the law for a plain motive of profit, a racketeer of the black market who's broken the national regulations designed to protect the public welfare-a hero without glory and without public, who'll accomplish no more†
Chpt 2.3
- He's done much more and much worse than your little fling at the black market, but he's smart enough to keep himself out of courtrooms.†
Chpt 2.4 *
- They're profiteers of the black market who grow rich by defrauding the poor of their rightful share, at a time of desperate shortage.†
Chpt 2.4
- That People's State has been hinting about it on the black market for a long time.†
Chpt 3.4
- But the bookkeeping is in such a snarl that I'm smuggling a few thousand tons into the black market every week.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
an illegal market that trades in illegal goods, stolen goods, or goods sold illegally to avoid tax payments, licensing requirements, or rationing