as in runner
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
during Prohibition, smugglers of alcohol did a brisk business
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Recent Examples of smuggler
The researchers say the new squad of rats could not only help catch wildlife smugglers, but could also help fight other types of smuggling crime.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
The rats’ relative affordability is an especially big perk, because smugglers are often trafficking wildlife products from poorer countries.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Jordanian troops opened fire, killing twenty-seven smugglers and wounding several others.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet by August of that year, as migrants and human smugglers found ways around the enforcement regime, crossings began a steady rise.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
The rats’ relative affordability is an especially big perk, because smugglers are often trafficking wildlife products from poorer countries.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Jordanian troops opened fire, killing twenty-seven smugglers and wounding several others.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet by August of that year, as migrants and human smugglers found ways around the enforcement regime, crossings began a steady rise.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggler
Noun
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Gift it to the runner or hiker who always asks for snacks and monitors his daily water intake.Matthew Medendorp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024
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In Marquette, Michigan, runners can choose to run a 5K or a 10K.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Drivers and couriers often use these services as side jobs due to unreliable payment speeds.Oleg Chanchikov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The plan appears to have targeted cargo planes and is linked to two fires—one that broke out at a courier facility in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In this modern fairy tale, McCullers creates the perfect love triangle: Miss Amelia the bootlegger, her ex-convict ex-husband, and the trickster Cousin Lymon.The Week US, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Spikes in methanol poisonings are common in Iran, where ordinary alcohol can’t be sold or consumed and bootleggers often use industrial methanol to produce homemade alcoholic drinks instead.ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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The mule adds little height to your step, without sacrificing comfort.Erinne Magee, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
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On an unseasonably hot October day in the Beverly Hills office of Adams’ production company, Bond Group Entertainment, the actress looks classic in a white button-down paired with jeans and black mules, her hair pulled into a chignon.Katcy Stephan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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