drug dealer

noun

: a person who sells illegal drugs

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To cap it off, the drug dealer knocks him out. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 In the ad, Mamdani runs through the streets and eats rice with his hands as a domestic abuser, a pimp, and a drug dealer offer their support for the politician. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 The first murder took place around July 16 or 17 of 1984, when a drug dealer in the South Boston scene enlisted Lewis’ help to go intimidate a rival dealer, according to prosecutors. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025 This novel is about an aging Brooklyn deacon shocks his community by shooting the local drug dealer in 1969. Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drug dealer

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“Drug dealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drug%20dealer. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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