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to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally
They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.
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Verb
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Bottom line For home sellers, 2025 is looking good with many homes commanding higher prices and selling quickly.—
Brendel Hightower,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024 -
The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.—
David Moin,
WWD,
24 Dec. 2024
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Nintendo has long used certificates with robust cryptographic signatures to identify when individual copies of Switch games are being shared for the purposes of piracy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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Effectively, people can buy the tech, know how, and assets required to set up a DIY piracy store.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
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It's made with rugged 400-denier nylon outer material, which has held up incredibly well to the abuse of international travel, and fortified with tough zippers, weight-distributing webbing, and hefty buckles.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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As a result, by independently moving up and down along with the legs, the two sides of the saddle reportedly transfer pressure from the sit bones to the femurs, distributing the load more evenly (and less painfully).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2025
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Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Dec. 2024
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Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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Kevin — whose 45th birthday is Saturday — remains missing, a rare unsolved case of an infant abduction by a stranger, one of about a dozen such cases still active across the country, according to Angeline Hartmann, spokesperson for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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The Amber Alert system is a child abduction emergency alert protocol used throughout the United States to enlist public assistance in locating missing and endangered children.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Smuggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggling. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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