black land

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from black landing (illegal fishing trawl in excess of fishing quotas).

Verb[edit]

black land (third-person singular simple present black lands, present participle black landing, simple past and past participle black landed)

  1. (Shetland) To illegally trawl fish in excess of fishing quotas.