Thesaurus results for TRAFFICKER

trafficker

noun

Definition of trafficker

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 With some roads blocked or heavily controlled, traffickers are increasingly believed to be using secondary roads and remote jungle trails, making movements harder to track. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 That means better technology, better resources, stronger action against cartels and human traffickers, and an asylum system that is fair but has the protections so it can not be exploited. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Uribe was based at the Mather National Guard facility near Rancho Cordova and served as a member of the state Counterdrug Task Force, a unit that assists local, tribal and federal law enforcement entities in combating drug traffickers. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Human traffickers are turning children’s hunger, desperation and need for affection into tools of exploitation, a Colorado city police sergeant warned after his dedicated unit’s first year brought dozens of survivors to safety. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors accused Maduro and Flores of protecting traffickers, facilitating cocaine shipments and benefiting financially from narcotics operations. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 Many victims are forced into committing crimes to help traffickers; under Proposition 133, victims would also face mandatory life in prison if convicted of those crimes. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 Once a week, a group of former drug-traffickers gather in a small recording studio on the outskirts of Rio to dissect their past lives of crime and those of their guests. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Talarico says immigration enforcement is necessary but that resources should be refocused to target cartels, gang members and human traffickers. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

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After a grueling couple of days for tech stocks—propelled by drama and speculation around CoreWeave’s debt—traders bought the dip in the last 24 hours and stocks rose globally.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Aside from the change in volume, the mere announcement of the ban had an immediate impact on diesel prices among European traders, as noted by the Moscow Times at the time.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of trader

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Another tricky thing about the Arizona site was that it had been severed from its links to local merchants.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026