plural smugglers
: one who smuggles something
The traffic in drugs—especially cocaine—to Florida by sea and air from South America has been generating wealth to rival that of the tourist trade and attracting a cadre of ingenious and ruthless smugglers from around the world.—
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Jeremiah TaxIn nearby Nogales smugglers tunnel 6 ft. under the border and funnel people through.—Terry McCarthy
Terry McCarthyOfficials in Paraguay raided a wildlife smuggling operation in its capital city, Asunción, on March 25, recovering two critically endangered Brazilian parrots, which Paraguayan smugglers had hoped to sell in West Germany for $40,000.—Focus
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One of the two people police say are the smugglers was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations, said FWC spokespersons Ashlee Sklute and Shannon Knowles.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Incursions of Chinese fishing boats and smugglers around Kinmen have long been a source of friction.
—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Homan is known to choke up in public when speaking about victims of human traffickers or drug smugglers that he's come across.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Yet another example of the dangers these criminals & smugglers pose to the public, the migrants, and our agents.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
The alleged smugglers will face prosecution in federal courts by the Department of Justice, the Coast Guard said.
—USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
Adding to the challenge, some Haitian authorities are in league with the smugglers.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Matt Schroeder, a senior researcher at the Swiss think tank, Small Arms Survey, said the smugglers’ goal is to camouflage the shipments to evade authorities, who face the daunting task of screening millions of shipments in and out of ports.
—Guad Venegas, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
Jim descended into Chimney Canyon, where a few years earlier a Border Patrol agent came upon a group of drug smugglers and was shot five times.
—Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Incursions of Chinese fishing boats and smugglers around Kinmen have long been a source of friction.
—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Homan is known to choke up in public when speaking about victims of human traffickers or drug smugglers that he's come across.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Yet another example of the dangers these criminals & smugglers pose to the public, the migrants, and our agents.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
The alleged smugglers will face prosecution in federal courts by the Department of Justice, the Coast Guard said.
—USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
Adding to the challenge, some Haitian authorities are in league with the smugglers.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Matt Schroeder, a senior researcher at the Swiss think tank, Small Arms Survey, said the smugglers’ goal is to camouflage the shipments to evade authorities, who face the daunting task of screening millions of shipments in and out of ports.
—Guad Venegas, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
Jim descended into Chimney Canyon, where a few years earlier a Border Patrol agent came upon a group of drug smugglers and was shot five times.
—Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
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