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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 traffickers
That's prosecuting traffickers.
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Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Drug traffickers are using cryptocurrency to launder the money associated with the fentanyl trade, which the DEA is now on to in its effort to map and target the entire criminal network.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet the failures of the People’s Party to win national office in 1896 prompted Watson to recalibrate and follow the lead of race traffickers like Oastler and Evans.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
The latest restriction, announced by Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, also includes investments in border security in an effort to stop smuggling and trafficking, as well as strengthening firearms controls, and tougher penalties for gun traffickers.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
The Department of Justice and the FBI is supposed to be there to go after drug traffickers, gun smugglers, to go after corrupt Wall Street financiers.
—NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
This means plant-touching companies fall under a punitive tax code meant for illicit drug traffickers that eats into profitability.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Australia is one the world’s largest consumers of cocaine and has become an extremely lucrative market for drug traffickers.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
One expert says the trade fight could unravel the growing international cooperation targeting drug traffickers in China and Mexico.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
Drug traffickers are using cryptocurrency to launder the money associated with the fentanyl trade, which the DEA is now on to in its effort to map and target the entire criminal network.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet the failures of the People’s Party to win national office in 1896 prompted Watson to recalibrate and follow the lead of race traffickers like Oastler and Evans.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
The latest restriction, announced by Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, also includes investments in border security in an effort to stop smuggling and trafficking, as well as strengthening firearms controls, and tougher penalties for gun traffickers.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
The Department of Justice and the FBI is supposed to be there to go after drug traffickers, gun smugglers, to go after corrupt Wall Street financiers.
—NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
This means plant-touching companies fall under a punitive tax code meant for illicit drug traffickers that eats into profitability.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Australia is one the world’s largest consumers of cocaine and has become an extremely lucrative market for drug traffickers.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
One expert says the trade fight could unravel the growing international cooperation targeting drug traffickers in China and Mexico.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffickers
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While Governor Andrew Bailey has previously signaled four rate cuts could be possible next year, traders are divided over when the Bank of England will resume lowering interest rates.Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Men of the Brotherhood of the Blackheads, an association of unmarried merchants and foreign traders, are said to have decorated the tree with artificial roses.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Another page requires the WSP to develop or approve online training courses for those working at licensed dealers.Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
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The bill would update several pieces of language in existing law, clarifying requirements such as metal bars on doors and windows, adding sufficient interior lighting and authorizing law enforcement to access dealers’ security systems during an active investigation.Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
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Amex’s customer cohort is attractive to merchants given their higher spending power.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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This means that Amex charges merchants higher discount rates than Visa and Mastercard (about 3%).Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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