black money
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Money that is obtained illegally, especially that which circulates outside the formal financial system in the underworld.
Indian usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In India, the government faces the issue of combating black money stashed overseas."
- "Demonetization — or the withdrawal from use — was one of a package of measures recommended by a Government committee that investigated the problem of “black money” — money acquired through illegal transactions and kept hidden from tax authorities."
- "Mr Modi has implemented a flurry of schemes to flush out “black money”, the term Indians use for cash which is both unaccounted for and outside its formal financial system."