as in runner
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
during Prohibition, smugglers of alcohol did a brisk business
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Recent Examples of smuggler
NewsNation, citing authorities, reported that smugglers tracked the devices to recover the drugs at a later time.
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
In Mexico, migrants are more likely to be victims of crime, preyed upon by smugglers and corrupt authorities alike.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
From Mexico: She and her daughter were locked without food in a hotel room for a day, where smugglers were demanding an additional thousand dollars before the two of them would be allowed to continue to the border.
—Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
The 50-year-old is the latest to be sentenced in a network of human remains smugglers that stretched from the morgue of the Harvard University Medical School to an Arkansas mortuary.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
In Mexico, migrants are more likely to be victims of crime, preyed upon by smugglers and corrupt authorities alike.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
From Mexico: She and her daughter were locked without food in a hotel room for a day, where smugglers were demanding an additional thousand dollars before the two of them would be allowed to continue to the border.
—Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
The 50-year-old is the latest to be sentenced in a network of human remains smugglers that stretched from the morgue of the Harvard University Medical School to an Arkansas mortuary.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggler
Noun
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Roland Tieh is the show runner and executive producer.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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That success led to both Johnson and Glenn becoming front runners to secure head coach positions with other teams.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The plot, reportedly linked to fires at a courier facility in Germany and a warehouse in England, appears to have targeted cargo planes, raising concerns about global air safety.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Western security officials suspect Russian intelligence was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes headed to North America, including one that caught fire at a courier hub in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England last year.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What eliminated the bootleggers wasn’t more prohibition, but legalization, after all.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
23 Jan. 2025
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This episode, in which Prohibition is reinstated in Springfield and Homer becomes a bootlegger known as the Beer Baron, pursued by an Elliot Ness-type crime fighter named Rex Banner, is one such episode.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Michelle Williams, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Elizabeth Olsen in Tory Burch pierced mules at Tory Burch’s spring 2025 show.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
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The series chronicles Green’s life on a farm with a 1,500-pound mule, a donkey and six chickens.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Smuggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggler. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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