Thesaurus results for TRAFFICKER

trafficker

noun

Definition of trafficker

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 The movie begins with a gruesome scene where Azrael makes quick work of a group of human traffickers. — Rafael Motamayor, Variety, 24 June 2026 Sazan became the Tortuga of drug and human traffickers to Italy. — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Tapia, the other co-founder, said these fake job offers flood social media and have enabled traffickers to target dozens of people at the same time. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 Once received, Catis mixed the nitazenes with other drugs, pressed the substance into a brick, and sold it to other drug traffickers. — Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat, STAT, 18 June 2026 Its proximity to Europe has helped traffickers move narcotics across the Mediterranean. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 That scheme is part of a wide-ranging drug case that involves members of The Bahamas’ security forces and an alleged Colombian cocaine trafficker. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 In the early two-thousands, Colombian cocaine traffickers, seeking to evade tightening controls in their country, began to reroute shipments through coastal towns in Manabí and elsewhere in Ecuador. — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 Court documents say Blakemore was a prolific drug trafficker for the Highs street gang, selling fentanyl at the intersection of Broadway and Lyndale in north Minneapolis. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 24 June 2026

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Noun

Gendron said his ancestors were among the first outsiders to settle the island in the 1700s, when three brothers, fur traders all, left Canada and followed the Mississippi south.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
That's a key technical level watched and used by traders, illustrating a stock or index's trend.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026

Definition of trader

Noun

Hybrids and fuel-sipping gas vehicles are great choices that probably won’t break the bank at the dealer or the pump.

— Chris Teague, AJC.com, 3 July 2026
Buying gold through a dealer like JM Bullion is generally safe, but always perform your own due diligence before investing, since gold does carry market risk.

— Jamela Adam, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of dealer

Noun

For Verizon Dollars, Berland said the company wanted to avoid telling customers which brands and merchants should matter to them.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Dutch merchants, families and investors moved through a wide Atlantic network that connected Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026