drug dealer

noun

: a person who sells illegal drugs

Examples of drug dealer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the track, Toto delves into his adolescent stint as a drug dealer, grappling with the allure of wealth and confronting societal hypocrisy within Moroccan culture. Boutayna Chokrane, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2024 There, a drug dealer gives him a Shirley Temple that is laced with something hallucinatory. Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024 On the way back from a house call, Barbara drives upon a crime scene where a drug dealer and buyer are both wounded and incapacitated on the side of the road. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024 Over the past two months, a jury of Northern California residents in Sacramento has heard from a half-dozen men and women who testified as prosecution witnesses on the day-to-day life of a drug dealer for the Aryan Brotherhood. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024 Production on Season 3 had already been delayed due to the Hollywood strikes and the death of co-star Angus Cloud, who played drug dealer Fez. Marc Malkin, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024 Leon has a career spanning four decades, and is also the vocalist and songwriter of the group Leon and the Peoples. Birdie Sheppard The city’s local drug dealer. Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Mar. 2024 Not certain what to do, they were advised by a local drug dealer to kill two of the men. Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024 There are also ways an accidental death could result in someone being held criminally responsible or liable in civil court, such as an overdose death in which officials prosecute the drug dealer. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024

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“Drug dealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drug%20dealer. Accessed 11 May. 2024.

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