Meanings
nounpeople-smuggler (plural people-smugglers)
plural people-smugglers
- alternativeAlternative form of people smuggler.
“Clearly we need to offer asylum to people in need of protection but in an orderly way … Today, unfortunately, instead of us being proactive in asylum management, it is people-smugglers who sell places in our societies – not to those most in need but to those who pay the fees.”
2023 February 26, Helena Smith, “Greece fortifies border to block refugees from Turkish-Syrian earthquakes”, in The Guardian
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“people-smuggler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/people-smuggler. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “people-smuggler,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/people-smuggler.
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