smuggler

Example Sentences

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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

Following previous migrant crossings, Greek authorities have often confiscated communication equipment of those detained for making illegal crossings, while they investigate who - if anyone - had been a smuggler, not merely a paying passenger.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Millions of people, using sophisticated smuggler networks, have started turning up at the borders of industrialized countries, many of them economic migrants who aren’t in imminent danger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 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

“He is a smuggler and a slaver, half pirate and half pander, but it may be that he is your best hope,” the innkeep had told them.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin