peddle
Push wares door-to-door
To peddle is to sell goods by going from place to place rather than from a fixed location: peddling vegetables door to door.
The word often carries a negative connotation—peddling drugs, peddling lies, peddling influence.
Someone who peddles questionable ideas or wares is suspect: conspiracy theorists peddling misinformation online.
The noun is peddler.
One who sells goods
- hawkerRoving vocal merchant
- street sellerOutdoor retail merchant
- cartVehicle for hauling
- waresItems offered for sale
merchandise · goods · tout · pitch · doorstep · door-to-door · salesperson · pushcart
Moving from place to place
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- mobileCapable of movement
roadside · bicycle · cart · backpack · door-to-door · routes · territory · rounds
Entryway or influence-seeking
- promoteRaise in rank
- pushForce something away
- spreadTo distribute widely
- propagateSpread or breed further
disseminate · advocate · campaign · tout · spin · propaganda · misinformation · conspiracy theories
Illegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- black marketIllicit trading system
- dealerOne who sells goods
trafficker · narcotics · counterfeit · stolen goods · underground · illegal · fence · bootleg
vendor
One who sells goods
- hawkerRoving vocal merchant
- street sellerOutdoor retail merchant
- cartVehicle for hauling
wares · merchandise · goods · tout · pitch · doorstep · door-to-door · salesperson · pushcart · stall
traveling
Moving from place to place
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
mobile · roadside · bicycle · cart · backpack · door-to-door · routes · territory · rounds · canvassing
lobby
Entryway or influence-seeking
propagate · disseminate · advocate · campaign · tout · spin · propaganda · misinformation · conspiracy theories · ideology
smuggling
Illegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- black marketIllicit trading system
dealer · trafficker · narcotics · counterfeit · stolen goods · underground · illegal · fence · bootleg · pirated
- promotionpromote, advertise, market, sell, endorse
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- supply chain verbssupply, deliver, distribute, ship, transport
peddlewholesale
Bulk sales to merchants
distribute · mass-market · franchise · export · stockpile
- influence peddlingSelling political access
- dope peddlerIllegal drug seller