as in runners
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 smugglers
In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.
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Christina Hall, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Nicolas Niarchos, checking a piece by Ben Taub, called up one of the most powerful smugglers in the Sahel, who cheerfully confirmed every detail, including his trafficking of humans.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The island chain is along routes that smugglers use to import cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics into the United States.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Since the ability to smuggle in narcotics and humans by simply walking over the border has been eliminated, smugglers are now forced to think of another way to enter our nation.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
What are common misconceptions about human smugglers?
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
In its travels around Brazil and America, the stone has wreaked havoc on the lives of smugglers, schemers and dreamers.
—Clara Harter, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Five unnamed chip smugglers told The Information that they were not caught by Supermicro’s recent inspections.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Christina Hall, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Nicolas Niarchos, checking a piece by Ben Taub, called up one of the most powerful smugglers in the Sahel, who cheerfully confirmed every detail, including his trafficking of humans.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The island chain is along routes that smugglers use to import cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics into the United States.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Since the ability to smuggle in narcotics and humans by simply walking over the border has been eliminated, smugglers are now forced to think of another way to enter our nation.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
What are common misconceptions about human smugglers?
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
In its travels around Brazil and America, the stone has wreaked havoc on the lives of smugglers, schemers and dreamers.
—Clara Harter, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Five unnamed chip smugglers told The Information that they were not caught by Supermicro’s recent inspections.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smugglers
Noun
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Just as runners do yoga to improve their running, training unrelated attention skills makes your main goals easier to achieve.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Starting with the technical side of things, these New Balance trail runners incorporate a tough impact-reducing toe box and a Vibram rubber sole to tackle anything the outdoors throws at you with ease.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The co-conspirator would later coordinate the transfer of the victim’s money to other participants in the scheme who act as couriers.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Counterfeit merchandise has long been a problem for musicians, with suppliers and artists now contending with new school online retailers and old school bootleggers hawking wares outside of concerts.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sharon Stone co-stars as a mob boss with a few screws loose — her gang of bootleggers toggles with Hutch, threatening to ruin everyone’s R&R.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Smugglers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smugglers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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