What is another word for traffickers?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈafɪkəz] (IPA)

The term "traffickers" can be replaced with various synonyms depending on the context and the type of activity involved. For instance, individuals or groups involved in drug trafficking can be called drug dealers, pushers, smugglers, or suppliers. People who engage in human trafficking can be referred to as pimps, kidnappers, exploiters, or slave traders. Wildlife traffickers, on the other hand, may be called poachers, hunters, or smugglers. Arms traffickers can be denoted as arms dealers, illicit arms suppliers, or gunrunners. It's essential to use the right synonym to accurately describe the illicit activities being carried out by traffickers.

What are the hypernyms for Traffickers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    criminals, smugglers, drug dealers, human traffickers, traffickers of drugs or human beings.

Usage examples for Traffickers

Her merchants shall be princes, her traffickers the honourable of the earth; the harvest of her rivers shall be her royal revenue, and the marts of all nations shall be in her streets."
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
The general impression is that a trading-man can make more amongst ignorant folks than amongst keen traffickers, but it is a mistake.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben
Once fairly settled on our journey the responsibility so suddenly thrust upon me made me cry out in my heart for wisdom beyond my own, and I prayed for a guiding hand to direct our actions in case we should find ourselves in the camp of the enemy, face to face with traffickers in human souls and bodies, who considered no scheme too vile or desperate for them to undertake, the success of which would in any way subserve their own interests.
"A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences"
Laura S. Haviland

Famous quotes with Traffickers

  • The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income.
    Alma Guillermoprieto
  • I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.
    Ricky Martin
  • It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
    John Walters
  • We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part,” Nucatola tells actors posing as organ traffickers. “I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.”
    Deborah Nucatola
  • There are those who believe that the sole duty of the poker gamesman is to build up his reputation for impenetrability and toughness by suggesting that he last played poker by the light of a moon made more brilliant by the snows of the Yukon, and that his opponents were two white slave traffickers, a ticket-of-leave man and a deserter from the Foreign Legion. To me this is ridiculously far-fetched, but I do believe that a trace of American accent – West Coast – casts a small shadow of apprehension over the minds of English players.
    Stephen Potter

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