Meanings
nounpeople smuggler (plural people smugglers)
plural people smugglers · alternative people-smuggler
- A person who engages in people smuggling.
Austria has stepped up security on its borders after Hungary released convicted people smugglers from its prisons in a row that has also raised tensions with Brussels.
2023 May 23, Lisa O'Carroll, “Austria tightens border controls as Hungary frees convicted people smugglers”, in The GuardianSynonyms: donker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who engages in people smuggling.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 人販子 /人贩子, 蛇頭 /蛇头
- 人販子 /人贩子 (rénfànzi)person who engages in people smuggling
- 蛇頭 /蛇头 (shétóu)person who engages in people smuggling
Finnish ihmissalakuljettaja
- ihmissalakuljettajaperson who engages in people smuggling
Hungarian embercsempész
- embercsempészperson who engages in people smuggling
Russian контрабанди́ст людьми́, контрабанди́стка людьми́
- контрабанди́ст людьми́ (kontrabandíst ljudʹmí)person who engages in people smuggling
- контрабанди́стка людьми́ (kontrabandístka ljudʹmí)person who engages in people smuggling
Swedish människosmugglare
- människosmugglareperson who engages in people smuggling
Cite this entry
APA
people smuggler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/people%20smuggler
MLA
“people smuggler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/people%20smuggler. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “people smuggler,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/people%20smuggler.
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