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to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally
They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.
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Verb
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Bottom line For home sellers, 2025 is looking good with many homes commanding higher prices and selling quickly.—
Brendel Hightower,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024 -
The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.—
David Moin,
WWD,
24 Dec. 2024
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No film, whether streaming at home or playing in theaters, is immune to piracy these days, especially as fans rally around projects to share their favorite clips.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2025
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Thanks to easily burnable CDs and the proliferation of shareable MP3s, record companies lost money to digital piracy in the early aughts.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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The joint task force operation found the organization was distributing various drugs, including opioids, high-grade marijuana, THC products and MDMA.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Dec. 2024
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Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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What happened earlier Thursday Law enforcement officers had been looking for Manning, who was wanted in the abduction of his daughter, Giuliana Manning, about 11:20 p.m. Thursday from a home just outside of Riverside in unincorporated Platte County.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
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The ceasefire, brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, ended 15 months of war triggered by Hamas' 2023 attack on southern Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and resulted in the abduction of approximately 250 hostages.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Smuggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggling. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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