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rumrunner

alt. 1 An illegal smuggler of rum 2 by extension, a sumuggler of alcoholic potables 3 A boat used for smuggling of illicit alcoholic potables 4 A go-fast boat, a powerboat of the type associated with the smuggling of rum n. 1 An illegal smuggler of rum 2 by extension, a sumuggler of alcoholic potables 3 A boat used for smuggling of illicit alcoholic potables 4 A go-fast boat, a powerboat of the type associated with the smuggling of rum

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rumrunner

n. someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border

Usage examples of "rumrunner".

Coast Guard and hijacking gangs, so by the later twenties organized crime in Detroit forced most independent rumrunners out of business.

The old time bootleggers and rumrunners had gone into legitimate businesses or gotten into other rackets.

She came ashore in 1925 and when a rumrunner came inside the three-mile limit to save her crew the Coast Guard captured the whole kit and kaboodle of 'em.