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as in smugglers
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 messengers
one that carries a message or does an errand
a courier just delivered a package for you
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Recent Examples of couriers
Lottery tickets already available online Colorado residents already can buy state lottery tickets online through third-party vendors, known in the industry as couriers.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
How the scheme works Investigators describe the operation as a multilayered network involving overseas call centers that initiate the fraud, local couriers who collect the gold, and jewelry stores that melt it down and resell it.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
John McCarthy, the Maryland state attorney for Montgomery County, announced Monday that his office had indicted 10 couriers accused of collecting money from victims, and said that several of those cases have already resulted in convictions.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
The remaining three defendants, Lucca Perez Costa, Leonardo Meira Gomes and Tadeu Sebastiane Rabelo Alves Barbosa, are described as couriers.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
These local and regional firms will operate a fleet that ranges from humans (for example, for couriers in a place like Manhattan) to bike messengers up to 53-foot trailers.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The administration has said all those targeted were drug couriers.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Drug couriers and lookouts, for example, are now eligible for shorter sentences.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
Thieves steal packages left on stoops and doorsteps by delivery couriers, and typically strike when no one’s home, The Sacramento Bee previously reported.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
How the scheme works Investigators describe the operation as a multilayered network involving overseas call centers that initiate the fraud, local couriers who collect the gold, and jewelry stores that melt it down and resell it.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
John McCarthy, the Maryland state attorney for Montgomery County, announced Monday that his office had indicted 10 couriers accused of collecting money from victims, and said that several of those cases have already resulted in convictions.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
The remaining three defendants, Lucca Perez Costa, Leonardo Meira Gomes and Tadeu Sebastiane Rabelo Alves Barbosa, are described as couriers.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
These local and regional firms will operate a fleet that ranges from humans (for example, for couriers in a place like Manhattan) to bike messengers up to 53-foot trailers.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The administration has said all those targeted were drug couriers.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Drug couriers and lookouts, for example, are now eligible for shorter sentences.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
Thieves steal packages left on stoops and doorsteps by delivery couriers, and typically strike when no one’s home, The Sacramento Bee previously reported.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couriers
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, who heads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, pledged a crackdown on migration after taking office in 2022, with the goal of deterring would-be refugees from paying smugglers to make the dangerous Mediterranean crossing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Prior to September, alleged cartel members and drug smugglers were treated as criminals with due process rights.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement With Revere their progenitor, mounted messengers would over the next hours course across Middlesex County and into Essex County and Norfolk County, into the counties of Bristol and Worcester.—
Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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This duo appears to block certain chemical messengers in the gut and brain that trigger nausea and vomiting, and improve digestion by speeding up the rate at which food leaves the stomach.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Couriers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couriers. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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