drug dealer
Illegal substance seller
A drug dealer is someone who sells illegal drugs.
The term covers operations at every scale, from teenagers selling marijuana to classmates to cartel operatives moving cocaine across borders.
The corner drug dealer knew everyone in the neighborhood.
A dealer who sells small quantities directly to users is sometimes called a pusher.
Illegal goods dealer
- pusherOne who shoves forward
- supplierSource of goods
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
connection · source · runner · courier · mule · middleman · wholesaler · corner boy
Price-fixing coalition
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- smugglerIllegal goods transporter
- racketeerOrganized crime participant
black market · contraband · bust · arrest · raid · sting · undercover · informant
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- underbossCriminal organization's deputy
- capoString-shortening clamp device
enforcer · lieutenant · crew · gang · operation · network · hierarchy · muscle
Exposure to harm
- violenceHarmful physical force
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- armedCarrying weapons
weapon · rival · snitch · setup · betrayal · double-cross · heat · lookout
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
relapse · enabling · exploitation · vulnerability · users · junkies · fiends · regulars
trafficker
Illegal goods dealer
- pusherOne who shoves forward
- supplierSource of goods
- distributorEntity channeling goods downstream
peddler · connection · source · runner · courier · mule · middleman · wholesaler · corner boy · plug
cartel
Price-fixing coalition
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- smugglerIllegal goods transporter
racketeer · black market · contraband · bust · arrest · raid · sting · undercover · informant · snitch
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- underbossCriminal organization's deputy
capo · enforcer · lieutenant · crew · gang · operation · network · hierarchy · muscle · hitman
danger
Exposure to harm
armed · weapon · rival · snitch · setup · betrayal · double-cross · heat · lookout · getaway
dependence
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
tolerance · relapse · enabling · exploitation · vulnerability · users · junkies · fiends · regulars · desperate
- dealers
- lawbreakersthief, robber, burglar, vandal, smuggler
- Traffickingtrafficking, trafficker, smuggling, human trafficking, sex trafficking
- cybercriminalshacker, hackers, scammer, scammers, phishers
- delinquentsjuvenile delinquent, juvenile offender, young offender, youth offender, delinquent
- opioid addictionheroin, opium, morphine, fentanyl, codeine
drug dealerpharmacist
Medicine dispensing professional
apothecary · pharmacy technician · chemist · medical doctor · drugstore
drug dealerDEA agent
Federal drug enforcement officer
narcotics officer · narc · vice cop · undercover cop · border patrol agent
drug dealeraddiction counselor
Treats compulsive behavior disorders
substance abuse counselor · recovery coach · interventionist · sponsor
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