drug dealer

noun

: a person who sells illegal drugs

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Tight on cash, the four decide to hold up a restaurant and are arrested and taken to jail, where a drug dealer named Alien (James Franco) bails them out and takes them under his wing. — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025 Rome Flynn makes his Godfather Of Harlem debut as the notorious drug dealer Frank Lucas in the drama series. — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 11 Mar. 2025 After a roll call where each reveals their imminent reprisal of fan-favorite Dimension 20 characters — including a Staten Island divorcee, a wisecracking pizza rat, and a drug dealer still coping from a breakup — the game begins. — Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025 Douglas was sent to prison in 1985 after he and three other men were convicted for bursting into the East New York home of a drug dealer and killing three and wounding seven in a case that grabbed headlines for its horrific details. — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drug dealer

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