black land

See also: blackland

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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.
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