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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 traffickers
Administration officials say the task force will shift operations ashore because traffickers are now less willing to risk voyages that can be detected and targeted at sea.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The task force works to identify and recover victims of all forms of human trafficking, investigate and prosecute traffickers, and provide resources to the victims for their stabilization and restorative care, Turner said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
When whispers spread that their smugglers may, in fact, be traffickers, Arron’s optimism starts to unravel.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Other guests included some of the most powerful cocaine traffickers alive.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Advocates also said the law closes dangerous gaps that traffickers could exploit and helps keep children with trusted caregivers during crises.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
While Colombian criminal groups have used the country as a transit point in the past, Venezuela isn’t the preferred route for the region’s drug traffickers.
—Daniel Depetris, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
According to Cabello, per Newsweek, local investigations found that none of the 11 killed were members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang or drug traffickers.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Venezuela's interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, said last Thursday on state television that none of the members of the crew were part of Tren de Aragua or drug traffickers.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The task force works to identify and recover victims of all forms of human trafficking, investigate and prosecute traffickers, and provide resources to the victims for their stabilization and restorative care, Turner said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
When whispers spread that their smugglers may, in fact, be traffickers, Arron’s optimism starts to unravel.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Other guests included some of the most powerful cocaine traffickers alive.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Advocates also said the law closes dangerous gaps that traffickers could exploit and helps keep children with trusted caregivers during crises.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
While Colombian criminal groups have used the country as a transit point in the past, Venezuela isn’t the preferred route for the region’s drug traffickers.
—Daniel Depetris, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
According to Cabello, per Newsweek, local investigations found that none of the 11 killed were members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang or drug traffickers.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Venezuela's interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, said last Thursday on state television that none of the members of the crew were part of Tren de Aragua or drug traffickers.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffickers
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Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, suggesting that some traders think yesterday’s bloodbath in the markets was overdone.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Markets react For their part, traders weren’t buying the hawkish rhetoric.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Today, the bikemaker has more than 5,000 dealers in India alone, with a global presence in more than 90 countries, and five manufacturing facilities spread out across the globe to meet that demand.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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Children unfamiliar with the world in time become easy marks for the dealers in fascist politics and quack religions.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Airwallex’s focus, instead, is on companies that want a global presence and need to be able to issue employee cards, open bank accounts, and pay merchants across dozens of jurisdictions.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Already, Etsy and Walmart, as well as Shopify merchants like Spanx, Glossier and Vuori have signed up to be part of Instant Checkout, though rollout is still pending in some of those cases.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Traffickers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffickers. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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