Synonyms of traffickers

traffickers

noun

plural of trafficker

as in traders

a buyer and seller of goods for profit

a trafficker who sold pirated videos from the back of his car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traders
• dealers
• merchants
• businessmen
• retailers
• buyers
• entrepreneurs
• merchandisers
• vendors
• marketers
• tradesmen
• purchasers
• sellers
• distributors
• peddlers
• suppliers
• wholesalers
• hawkers
• middlemen
• shopkeepers
• providers
• monopolists
• storekeepers
• hucksters
• purveyors
• hustlers
• enterprisers
• jobbers
• engrossers
• provisioners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of traffickers

Once a week, a group of former drug-traffickers gather in a small recording studio on the outskirts of Rio to dissect their past lives of crime and those of their guests. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Talarico says immigration enforcement is necessary but that resources should be refocused to target cartels, gang members and human traffickers. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Since 2017, the Antiquities Trafficking Unit has convicted 18 individual traffickers and repatriated over 6,000 cultural treasures to 40 countries. — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Sep. 2026

For much of the 1990s and 2000s, Guatemala had been twisting its way toward democracy, but corruption networks and drug traffickers had insinuated themselves into the country’s institutions. — Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

There’s also a subplot involving organ harvesting, Russian traffickers and a rabbi (Fred Melamed) who joins forces with Father Joe, proving that Goys and Jews can sometimes fight crime hand-in-hand. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson accompanied the release with a deadly warning for traffickers who threaten American communities. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Kane County is receiving $1 million to boost the fight against online predators and human traffickers. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Federal prosecutors accuse Maduro of participating in a conspiracy that helped move massive quantities of cocaine into the United States by working with Venezuelan law enforcement officials to assist drug traffickers. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026