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/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "YEH" (as in "yes") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

On the US-Mexico border, the person who guides and smuggles undocumented migrants across for money. Called pollero because the migrants are called pollos (chickens); works as or for a coyote.

Examples

The pollero abandoned them in the desert halfway through.

They paid the pollero thousands of dollars to bring the family across.

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Regional synonyms

To publicly call someone out on social media and withdraw support from them over something they said or did. The internet version of social justice, though it can easily spiral out of control. Used across Latin America and Spain by anyone plugged into online culture.