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

The smuggler had attempted to get others to post the animals on his behalf but was identified by government investigators and the New South Wales police, it added.

From Barron's • Feb. 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

This time, though, the SBU was the smuggler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

"A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. You were a hero and a smuggler."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin