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contrabandists

noun

plural of contrabandist

as in smugglers

a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally contrabandists supplying the rebels with guns

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smugglers

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As if to prove the point, street prices for cocaine in the United States have plummeted, the opposite of what would be expected if smugglers were being deterred.

— Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
In other instances, Warrick said, there will be ghost carriers or fraudulent pickups of drivers or middlemen posing as legitimate transporters, but who are really smugglers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026

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