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
Officials have said the farm was actually a hideout for the leader of a Colombian drug trafficking group, and also a training site with capacity for 50 drug traffickers.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The New York Times reported Friday that Colombian President Gustavo Petro is under criminal investigation by at least two federal prosecutors for alleged ties to drug traffickers, which Petro denied on social media.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
Noboa has spent the past two years targeting cocaine traffickers, but the rates of associated crimes including murders, disappearances and extortion have not fallen.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro for alleged ties to drug traffickers, according to two people familiar with the matter.
—Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
This age range is the most highly targeted by traffickers.
—Steve Johnson, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
Believing Mix to be a security guard for the traffickers, Naylor shot him, the judge said.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
The revolting legacy of the pedophile trafficker Jeffrey Epstein continues to unmask the obstacles to finding truth.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The New York Times reported Friday that Colombian President Gustavo Petro is under criminal investigation by at least two federal prosecutors for alleged ties to drug traffickers, which Petro denied on social media.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
Noboa has spent the past two years targeting cocaine traffickers, but the rates of associated crimes including murders, disappearances and extortion have not fallen.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro for alleged ties to drug traffickers, according to two people familiar with the matter.
—Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
This age range is the most highly targeted by traffickers.
—Steve Johnson, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
Believing Mix to be a security guard for the traffickers, Naylor shot him, the judge said.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
The revolting legacy of the pedophile trafficker Jeffrey Epstein continues to unmask the obstacles to finding truth.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trafficker
Noun
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Last week, futures traders briefly pushed the probability of a rate increase by the end of 2026 to 52%.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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The spikes in volume didn’t indicate whether the trades were buy or sell orders, but based on how prices moved as they were placed other traders quickly deduced that someone was selling oil futures, a bet on the value of the commodity falling, and buying stock futures, a bet on a market rebound.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That September, my parents were contacted by a cult of weed and LSD dealers in California with the incredible name the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, who wanted help breaking their hero, Timothy Leary, out of prison.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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It was initially thought to be a curiosity, a firework or a special effect, until Song-dynasty arms dealers started using it to make fire arrows and other military explosives.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two vessels, between November 2023 and January 2025.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Houthi rebels attacked over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones from November 2023 until January 2025, upending shipping in this waterway in the western side of the Arabian Peninsula, key for the passage of goods through the region.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Trafficker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficker. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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