pusher
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈpʊʃər/
- NSFW
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- The police arrested the notorious pusher who had been selling drugs in the neighborhood.
- drug pushers
The food pushers, the drug pushers, the alcohol pushers.
- The food pushers, the drug pushers, the alcohol pushers.
Examples
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These are their statements, naming Chief Karlin... ... as the number one drug pusher from here to Oxnard.
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Meanwhile, we got bums, we got drug pushers...
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The police arrested a drug pusher they picked up in the alley at the top of the steps.
Fiction book (1995) -
Said Daddy was no good... just a pusher for the King Lords gang.
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You are a drug pusher, Tes.
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Some kind of low-rent pusher.
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In the end, the pushers were forced to leave, and sixty people entered drug rehabilitation.
Blog text (32) -
Maybe you think I'm some kind of dope dealer, a pusher, a kingpin.
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But the Justice Department isn't going after the drug pushers, the kingpins, the people in the government, the people who knew better.
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That's why they are murdering drug pushers and you work in a cubicle.
Blog text (11)
Synonyms
384
6.5
A person who buys and sells illegal goods like drugs and stolen items
246
4.8
A person who sells illegal drugs
62
8.0
A person who illegally buys and sells goods or people
16
6.2
A person who illegally buys and sells large amounts of drugs
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8.3
A person who sells or moves illegal drugs
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8.1
A person who secretly sells illegal drugs
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7.4
A person who sells illegal drugs, often on the street
1
9.9
A person who sells illegal drugs, especially heroin
A person who illegally sells drugs to others
A person who sells illegal drugs on the street
Compounds
- Offensive
4
6.5
An office worker who spends most of their time doing forms and paperwork
How Organized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pusher comes from the verb push 'to force or move' plus -er 'one who does something'. Over time people used it for someone who sells illegal drugs because they 'push' their product on others, which is why pusher now means a drug dealer.