Thesaurus results for TRAFFICKER

trafficker

noun

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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 After nearly 10 years, a total of six men have been charged in connection with the kidnapping of a drug trafficker that was staged to appear as a DEA bust and resulted in the murders of two people in Broward County. —

Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026 Today’s charges target a major producer behind the Chapitos’ supply chain and underscore the commitment of the women and men of our Office to holding traffickers at all levels of the production and distribution chain accountable. —

Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026 The illicit love story between the money launderer and the fentanyl trafficker working together to shower New England with deadly opiates came crashing down under the weight of a multi-year federal investigation. —

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026 Medellin was controlled by drug traffickers, with a murder rate of 380 per 100,000 inhabitants. —

CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026 Crime remains top of mind for many voters as drug traffickers battle to control the domestic market, as well as the lucrative transshipment points to send cocaine to Europe and the United States. —

Javier Córdoba, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 He’s identified as a Mexican drug trafficker in the money laundering indictment filed in Miami federal court. —

Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026 Rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers do not announce themselves or surrender voluntarily. —

Eric Balliet, Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2026 Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Orlando and Jacksonville have been investigating cocaine traffickers working between Florida and Puerto Rico since March 2025, said the complaint which said Colon Rivera was born in Puerto Rico but lives in Kissimmee in Osceola County. —

Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 27 Jan. 2026

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Harper and Yasmin, who’s emerged as the series’ co-lead, started out among Pierpoint’s newest hires; by the end of Season 3, the firm had been effectively dissolved, its novice traders scattered to the winds.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Stocks futures are lower this morning as traders look ahead to Wednesday's big jobs report and Friday's consumer price index reading.

— Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026