plural smugglers
: one who smuggles something
The traffic in drugs—especially cocaine—to Florida by sea and air from South America has been generating wealth to rival that of the tourist trade and attracting a cadre of ingenious and ruthless smugglers from around the world.—
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Jeremiah TaxIn nearby Nogales smugglers tunnel 6 ft. under the border and funnel people through.—Terry McCarthy
Terry McCarthyOfficials in Paraguay raided a wildlife smuggling operation in its capital city, Asunción, on March 25, recovering two critically endangered Brazilian parrots, which Paraguayan smugglers had hoped to sell in West Germany for $40,000.—Focus
FocusExamples of smuggler in a Sentence
during Prohibition, smugglers of alcohol did a brisk business
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The show’s namesake character is Cassian Andor, a pilot, played by Diego Luna, who was taken from his home planet as an orphan by sympathetic smugglers.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
The gritty story of Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna), a disillusioned smuggler turned Rebel Alliance operative, trained its attention on ordinary people trying to survive an oppressive system.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
Dead migrants have been found in mass graves across the country, while tens of thousands of others have drowned trying to escape Libya on smugglers’ boats.
—Renata Brito, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
The gritty story of Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna), a disillusioned smuggler turned Rebel Alliance operative, trained its attention on ordinary people trying to survive an oppressive system.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
Dead migrants have been found in mass graves across the country, while tens of thousands of others have drowned trying to escape Libya on smugglers’ boats.
—Renata Brito, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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“Smuggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smuggler. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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