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trafficker

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Crime, Trade
traf·fick·er /ˈtræfɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. SCCBBTsomeone who buys and sells illegal goods, especially drugs 做非法买卖的人〔尤指毒品贩子〕2. someone who takes people to another country and forces them to work 人贩子
Examples from the Corpus
traffickerThe blast came three months after the start of a determined government offensive against the country's cocaine traffickers.Shorter prison terms would be considered for traffickers who acknowledged their crimes, identified accomplices and turned over their assets.But without any national system, gun traffickers continue to make huge purchases in certain states for sale in illegal markets everywhere.Some worshipers wear designer jeans and expensive, crocodile-skin boots, the uniform of many traffickers.He said he had met Mounsey in prison and believed they were set up by the same gang of traffickers in Bangkok.In narcocorridos, the trafficker prevails, and crime pays.
From Longman Business Dictionarytraffickertraf‧fick‧er /ˈtræfɪkə-ər/ noun [countable] someone who buys and sells illegal goodsinternational traffickers in stolen art
traf·fick·er nounChineseSyllable
Corpus sells who and especially Business someone buys goods, illegal


trafficker
trafficker /ˈtræfɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. someone who buys and sells illegal goods, especially drugs
2. someone who takes people to another country and forces them to work