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to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally
They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.
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Verb
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Bottom line For home sellers, 2025 is looking good with many homes commanding higher prices and selling quickly.—
Brendel Hightower,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024 -
The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.—
David Moin,
WWD,
24 Dec. 2024
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The agency’s research pointed to a number of successes over the last year, including collaboration between the U.S. government and foreign governments to combat piracy and counterfeit efforts from Vietnam, Brazil, Kuwait and the Philippines.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, YouTube have all signed deals to distribute licensed live sports and have an obvious stake in seeing piracy not undermine those deals.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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The joint task force operation found the organization was distributing various drugs, including opioids, high-grade marijuana, THC products and MDMA.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Dec. 2024
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Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Unfortunately for Reed, Harris's orders required him to betray his commanding officer by deliberately obstructing an investigation into the Klingons' abduction of chief medical officer Dr Phlox.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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How, if China doesn’t hold significant clout with traffickers, did officials manage to negotiate Wang’s release just three days after his abduction on Jan. 3?—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Smuggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggling. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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