as in runner
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
during Prohibition, smugglers of alcohol did a brisk business
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Recent Examples of smuggler
Cook County Jail in Chicago, which houses nearly 5,000 detainees, has reported increasing cases of smugglers soaking paper with synthetic drugs and sending them into the jail through mail or visitors.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Based on the Substack post, the analyst's interviews with fishermen, smugglers and regional officials point to a system in which Iran is selectively allowing ships to pass.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
Hole, Oleg and Martin Aminov (Simon J Berger), a petty gun smuggler mistakenly accused of being the serial killer, wind up in a stationary elevator stuck between two floors with an armed Waaler reaching in to grab Oleg’s hair.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
By the end of episode six, suspicion points to Martin Aminov, a smuggler connected to international weapons trafficking and the trade of blood diamonds.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Based on the Substack post, the analyst's interviews with fishermen, smugglers and regional officials point to a system in which Iran is selectively allowing ships to pass.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
Hole, Oleg and Martin Aminov (Simon J Berger), a petty gun smuggler mistakenly accused of being the serial killer, wind up in a stationary elevator stuck between two floors with an armed Waaler reaching in to grab Oleg’s hair.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
By the end of episode six, suspicion points to Martin Aminov, a smuggler connected to international weapons trafficking and the trade of blood diamonds.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggler
Noun
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But the Angels went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and struck out 11 times.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Between parking restrictions and road closures, Boston is encouraging Marathon Monday visitors to walk, bike, take the T — anything but drive — to watch the runners or attend the day’s festivities.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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The scheme participants instruct victims to withdraw money to be kept safe by a courier who will arrive in person.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the years that followed, Koh worked as a food delivery rider, a parcel courier, a bar worker and a livestreamer selling mobile accessories – experiences that fed directly into the third film’s portrait of a young man thrown unprepared into adult life.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 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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His father was a factory worker and a barber, as well as a bootlegger and loan shark.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat.—
Molly Lambert,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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The most obvious influence right from the Season 3 opening, in which drug mule Rue (Zendaya) struggles to make her way across the border, is the American Western, a reference point that greatly excited production designer François Audouy.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Smuggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggler. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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