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to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally
They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.
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Verb
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Bottom line For home sellers, 2025 is looking good with many homes commanding higher prices and selling quickly.—
Brendel Hightower,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024 -
The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.—
David Moin,
WWD,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This led to a slump in streaming subscriptions and a surge in piracy aided by the studios putting their archives of content online.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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This is par for the course when a popular movie opens: piracy ensues.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
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In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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The joint task force operation found the organization was distributing various drugs, including opioids, high-grade marijuana, THC products and MDMA.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Dec. 2024
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Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In March 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes, accusing him of responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab, which was tracking the abductions, had counted more than 30,000 children taken from Ukraine to Russia and Belarus since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.—
Edward Wong,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Smuggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggling. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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