smuggler

Example Sentences

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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

Cambodian monks chanted blessings and scattered flowers Friday over 74 cultural artefacts returned to the country after being plundered by a notorious British antiques smuggler.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

She recalled how her mother bundled her and her siblings into a bus that took them to the border, where they hired a “coyote,” or human smuggler, to get the rest of the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

He asks each of the other migrants to help him get back to his smuggler in Tepic.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario