Thesaurus results for TRAFFICKER

trafficker

noun

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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 Decades of fighting among the Colombian government, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, and narco-traffickers made some areas so dangerous, few people could go there, preserving the birds' habitat. —

Andy Court, CBS News, 3 May 2026 Throughout his questioning, Corrales repeatedly invoked the experiences of other Latin American countries, describing Moïse as a dictator who was close to drug traffickers. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 According to the testimony of Raffaele Imperiale, an Italian cocaine trafficker and fellow Super Cartel member, Kinahan understood the unspoken rules of the city. —

Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026 Clayton said Wednesday's indictment should signal that officials who cooperate with drug traffickers are not immune to justice. —

Tom Winter, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026 That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port. —

Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026 Suspicions of possible ties to drug traffickers have long hung over Rocha Mayo, who was born in Badiraguato, the same mountainous municipality in Sinaloa that is the hometown of El Chapo and other cartel bigwigs. —

Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Let these charges send a clear message to all officials around the globe who work with narco-traffickers. —

Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 That victim is likely to be trafficked again, the county officials said, and the human traffickers who trafficked her will not be held to account. —

Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026

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Giuliani was elected New York’s mayor in 1993 after serving as one of the nation’s highest-profile prosecutors, taking on mobsters and crooked Wall Street traders.

— Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
GameStop shot to fame five years ago during the meme-stock craze, when an army of retail investors piled into the stock, sending its value soaring, in an attempt to squeeze professional traders who were betting that the company’s share price would fall.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 May 2026