street pharmacist
- noun
- /strit ˈfɑrməsɪst/
- NSFW
:
vendedor de drogas
- I'm not a street pharmacist anymore.
Examples
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The police arrested a street pharmacist for selling illegal drugs in the park.
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She warned her friends to be careful around the street pharmacist who was known for selling dangerous substances.
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Let's get back to these street pharmacists you used to see.
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After moving to the city, he was shocked to see a street pharmacist on every corner.
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
21
8.4
A person who sells illegal drugs to other people
16
6.2
A person who illegally buys and sells large amounts of drugs
15
8.3
A person who sells or moves illegal drugs
4
8.1
A person who secretly sells illegal drugs
1
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
Antonyms
How Legal
Surface Forms
Morphology
street + pharmacist
A B1 learner who knows 'street' and 'pharmacist' will readily infer a person who sells medicines or remedies on the street because the compound is compositionally built from location + agent. However, the informal/pejorative nuance—often implying illegal drug dealing rather than a licensed pharmacist—is a pragmatic, idiomatic refinement that may not be fully predictable without exposure, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Street pharmacist gives a clear picture: pharmacist is a normal medicine seller and street shows they work outside, not in a shop. People use it to call an illegal drug seller a 'pharmacist' as a joke or disguise, so it means 'someone who sells drugs on the street'.