variants
or black marketeers
as in smugglers
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The characterization that those killed in the attacks are drug-smugglers has been disputed at times by families of the dead.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026 -
The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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That victim is likely to be trafficked again, the county officials said, and the human traffickers who trafficked her will not be held to account.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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ProPublica has chronicled the dark world of pig butchering, in which human traffickers in Asia force their victims to scam people by posing as friends or potential romantic interests.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
11 Apr. 2026
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Even the underground tunnels bootleggers used to service the Green Mill during its speakeasy days are still in place.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2026
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From embracing bootleggers to pulling its catalog from Spotify, Mackenzie explains how the band has tried to protect its creative core while the industry transforms around it.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Federal Trade Commission has studied surveillance pricing methods since 2024, and found retailers often used people’s personal information to set individualized pricing information.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Use fences and hedges to denote the garden's boundaries.—
Katherine Owen,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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Our association is now telling us that the town said the fences were mistakenly allowed to be put too close to the lake.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
11 Jan. 2026
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Etsy Though not a dedicated collection from a single source, countless artists and merchants have taken to Etsy to sell handmade products inspired by the franchise.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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By the late 1740s, almost all of Philadelphia’s Freemasons were also merchants, shipowners or successful artisans.—
Derek Arnold,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Black marketers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20marketers. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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