Thesaurus results for TRAFFICKER

trafficker

noun

Definition of trafficker

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 Employees have become burned out and morally conflicted as their focus has shifted from pursuing drug smugglers and human traffickers to apprehending asylum seekers in courthouses and arresting day laborers at their worksites. — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 The theatrics played to a large audience who had long argued that former leftist President Gustavo Petros’s policy of pursuing engagement with drug traffickers had left Colombia more vulnerable to organized crime. — Solly Boussidan, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 Coolly, Violet responds that to avoid alarming the public, a few agitators have beenneutralized—now there’s a sticky euphemism—and their deaths passed off as revenge killings among drug traffickers. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Other theories about Madeleine’s disappearance include a botched robbery that resulted in her murder or an abduction by human traffickers. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 With some roads blocked or heavily controlled, traffickers are increasingly believed to be using secondary roads and remote jungle trails, making movements harder to track. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 That means better technology, better resources, stronger action against cartels and human traffickers, and an asylum system that is fair but has the protections so it can not be exploited. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Uribe was based at the Mather National Guard facility near Rancho Cordova and served as a member of the state Counterdrug Task Force, a unit that assists local, tribal and federal law enforcement entities in combating drug traffickers. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors accused Maduro and Flores of protecting traffickers, facilitating cocaine shipments and benefiting financially from narcotics operations. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Under the market structure traders have become accustomed to, if the market reaches that price, investors may expect that quote to receive protection.

— Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
In many ways, the stock market has managed to avoid a true capitulation thus far thanks to a buy-the-dip mentality that has kept retail traders circulating their cash through the different parts of the market without ever leaving.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

Meanwhile, Wilson said the restrictions have particularly affected collectors and dealers who buy cards ungraded, send them to PSA and then resell them at a higher price.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
For a holiday park, a glamping site or a dealer, the wall system decides how much work the buildings will need after the first guests arrive.

— Rolanas Kutra, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of dealer

Noun

Sometimes word clouds are big-budget supergraphics realized by design firms like Pentagram, but often they are produced cheaply and quickly by non-designers, or by anonymous Etsy merchants, or in-house at printing and signage companies.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Owners who make their payments, keep clean bank statements and grow deposits can often move from a merchant cash advance to a term loan, then to a line of credit and eventually to bank or SBA financing at a fraction of the cost.

— Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026