as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
a trafficker who sold pirated videos from the back of his car
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Recent Examples of trafficker
Norman’s Cay—where Fyre Fest was supposed to take place, before The Squad got kicked out for using Escobar’s name in promotional materials despite being expressly forbidden from doing so—was once owned by Carlos Lehder, a drug trafficker and former associate of Escobar.
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Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
—CBS News, 11 June 2026
Questions arose as to whether the Nicaraguan trafficker identified by the sting was even linked to anyone in the Sandinista government.
—Michelle D. Paranzino, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
He was named Stevie in honor of the investigating officer who retrieved him from the trafficker.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Moore is a freshman member of the conservative Freedom Caucus and a loyal Trump supporter, while Hudson served as a Sherriff’s deputy after leaving the military and now heads a nonprofit training law enforcement on targeting human traffickers.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026
After the military fatally shot a notorious drug-trafficker outside the state capital of Guadalajara in February, tourists have started to return to the historic city.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The Utahn introduced a bill in December that would authorize the president to issue letters of marque, a tool by which the government licenses private individuals to attack foreign interests by seizing ships, as a way of taking on drug traffickers.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
On the one hand, traffickers are helping fuel the violent crime that conservatives decry; on the other, prosecution of gun laws brushes against tenets that conservatives hold sacrosanct.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 June 2026
Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
—CBS News, 11 June 2026
Questions arose as to whether the Nicaraguan trafficker identified by the sting was even linked to anyone in the Sandinista government.
—Michelle D. Paranzino, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
He was named Stevie in honor of the investigating officer who retrieved him from the trafficker.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Moore is a freshman member of the conservative Freedom Caucus and a loyal Trump supporter, while Hudson served as a Sherriff’s deputy after leaving the military and now heads a nonprofit training law enforcement on targeting human traffickers.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026
After the military fatally shot a notorious drug-trafficker outside the state capital of Guadalajara in February, tourists have started to return to the historic city.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The Utahn introduced a bill in December that would authorize the president to issue letters of marque, a tool by which the government licenses private individuals to attack foreign interests by seizing ships, as a way of taking on drug traffickers.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
On the one hand, traffickers are helping fuel the violent crime that conservatives decry; on the other, prosecution of gun laws brushes against tenets that conservatives hold sacrosanct.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficker
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Built by brothers William and Charles Bent in 1833, the original fort thrived for 16 years as a hub where fur traders, Native Americans and Mexican merchants converged to do business.—
Kevin Strong,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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But traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will leave its main interest rate steady after its two-day meeting ends Wednesday.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Tom Hiddleston is back as the globe-trotting British intelligence officer Jonathan Pine and chasing a Colombian arms dealer, only to be plunged into a deadly conspiracy in the second season trailer for the Prime Video and BBC espionage thriller.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Dec. 2025
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Antique and vintage dealers may bring to mind dusty relics and their equally stuffy proprietors—and in some cases, this caricature is correct.—
Elizabeth Kiefer,
Architectural Digest,
11 Dec. 2025
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Historically, barrels of Madeira spent months crossing tropical oceans aboard ships, and merchants realized that the heat actually improved the wine rather than ruining it.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Allison Yelaska of Aurora was one of the many merchants at the event.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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“Trafficker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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