pusherpush‧er /ˈpʊʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- Can we retrieve our culture from the product pushers?
- He told them to put their pushers out to undercut Huey's prices.
- His wife was wearing pedal pushers and a sleeve-less blouse.
- I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair.
- The robber bridegroom could be a drug pusher in-stead of a homicidal cannibal, for instance.
- They are pushers more than pullers of public opinion.
- We're very pleased and need to catch the pushers and users of crack.
Longman Language Activatorbuying and selling drugs► drug trafficking
Collocations the illegal activity of taking drugs from one country to another and selling them: · He's wanted in the US on charges of drug trafficking.· The government's efforts to limit drug trafficking have mostly failed.
► drug dealer/dealer someone who sells illegal drugs, especially to someone that they know: · He was accused of purchasing cocaine from an Indianapolis drug dealer.· Police arrested a dealer yesterday who was selling marijuana to 12-year-olds.
► pusher/drug pusher someone who sells illegal drugs, especially in order to encourage people to start taking drugs: · A pusher approached us, asking if we wanted to buy any crack.· Being a university city, Oxford is an obvious target for the pushers.
someone who sells things illegally► pusher/dealer someone who buys and sells illegal drugs: · Dealers were selling heroin outside the stadium.· Drug pushers have been warned to stay away from the club.· Residents complain of cocaine and heroin dealers selling on the streets outside their homes.
► tout British /scalper American someone who stands outside a sports event or concert and sells tickets for it at high prices: · Touts were selling tickets to the match for £50 or more.· Organisers of the concert were worried there would be trouble from ticket touts.· Scalpers wanted $150 for seats that normally sell for $40.
WORD SETS► Drug Cultureacid, nounaddict, nounaddicted, adjectiveaddiction, nounaddictive, adjectiveamphetamine, nounbong, nouncannabis, nounclean, adjectivecocaine, nouncoke, nouncold turkey, nouncontrolled substance, nouncrack, nouncut, verbdeal, verbdealer, noundesigner drug, noundetox, noundetoxification, noundope, noundope, verbdopehead, noundowner, noundrug, noundrug addict, noundrug baron, noundrug czar, noundrug dealer, noundruggie, noundrug rehabilitation, noundrug runner, nounecstasy, nounfix, nounganja, noungear, nounglue-sniffing, noungrass, nounhallucinogen, nounhallucinogenic, adjectivehard, adjectivehard drugs, nounhash, nounhashish, nounhemp, nounheroin, nounhigh, adjectivehigh, nounhippie, nounhit, nounjoint, nounjunkie, nounline, nounLSD, nounmagic mushroom, nounmainline, verbmarijuana, nounmescaline, nounmethadone, nounmule, nounnarc, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounOD, verbopiate, nounopium, nounoverdose, nounpeddler, nounpep pill, nounpot, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepush, verbpusher, nounrecovery program, nounreefer, nounrehab, nounroach, nounscore, verbshooting gallery, nounsmack, nounsmoke, nounsniff, verbsnort, verbsnort, nounsnow, nounsoft drug, nounsolvent abuse, nounspeed, nounstash, nounsteroid, nounstoned, adjectivestrung-out, adjectivesubstance abuse, nountab, nountake, verbtrafficking, nountrip, nountrip, verbuse, verbwasted, adjectiveweed, nounwithdrawal, nounwithdrawal symptoms, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a drug dealer/pusher
Word family (=someone who sells drugs)· The city's streets are full of drug dealers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► drug· Pushers At one end of Fifth Avenue, people were living in rat-infested hovels in conditions only drug pushers want.· The robber bridegroom could be a drug pusher in-stead of a homicidal cannibal, for instance.· Being a University City, Oxford is an obvious target for the drugs pushers.
WORD FAMILYnounpushpusherpushinessadjectivepushedpushyverbpush
informal someone who sells illegal drugs