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as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier
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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
a courier just delivered a package for you
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Recent Examples of courier
The victim alertly wrote down the license plate of the alleged courier, who was swiftly arrested, and has since been ordered to pay restitution.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Based on a Black List script by Tommy White and Miles Hubley, Runner follows Hank Malone (Ritchson), a high-end courier faced with a harrowing, life-or-death mission: deliver an organ to a 7-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Offline, thieves pose as couriers, using fake uniforms or IDs to grab packages mid-route or steal them from doorsteps.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The weed was either stuffed into suitcases and carried on commercial airline flights by couriers who worked for the group, or sent via shipping companies, the plea agreement filed Tuesday says.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Based on a Black List script by Tommy White and Miles Hubley, Runner follows Hank Malone (Ritchson), a high-end courier faced with a harrowing, life-or-death mission: deliver an organ to a 7-year-old girl in need of an immediate transplant.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Offline, thieves pose as couriers, using fake uniforms or IDs to grab packages mid-route or steal them from doorsteps.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The weed was either stuffed into suitcases and carried on commercial airline flights by couriers who worked for the group, or sent via shipping companies, the plea agreement filed Tuesday says.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for courier
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Migrants hoping for safety and stability are routinely caught in webs of existential uncertainty—they are transferred from smugglers to traffickers, militias to police, and humanitarian organizations to governments.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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That edge is somewhat novel in Star Wars’s universe of smugglers, which typically feels bifurcated between scoundrels with a heart of gold and petty criminals who are rarely more than their base nature.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Probably because most people fear and loathe them, often killing the messenger.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Based on this research, Wright outlines four key ingredients to just-in-time inclusion efforts: the right people, at the right time, with the right message and from the right messenger.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Courier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courier. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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