English > contrabandist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who imports or exports without paying duties. |
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| Synonyms | smuggler, runner, moon curser, moon-curser |
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| Narrower | coyote | someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) |
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| gunrunner, arms-runner | A smuggler of guns |
| rumrunner | someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border |
| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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| Spanish | contrabandista, matutero, metedor, pasador, traficante |
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| Catalan | contrabandista, traficant |
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| Nouns | contraband | goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law |
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