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smuggler

NOUN
bootlegger
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Deputy Minister of Oil Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly authorized trucking several million dollars’ worth of Iraqi oil per day to a smuggler who combined it with Iranian crude, Treasury plans to announce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

After a visit home, I returned to campus with a stockpile, like a confectionery smuggler crossing state lines with sugary contraband stuffed between sweatshirts in my suitcase.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

"All migrants have to pay a smuggler," says Hermine Gbedo of the anti-trafficking network Stella Polare.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

In February, customs officials at Mumbai airport stopped a smuggler with five Siamang Gibbons, an ape native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

His smuggler left him behind at Tepic, in the western coastal state of Nayarit.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario



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