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Someone who imports or exports without paying duties
Answer for the clue "Someone who imports or exports without paying duties ", 13 letters:
contrabandist
Word definitions for contrabandist in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who imports or exports without paying duties [syn: smuggler , runner , moon curser , moon-curser ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contrabandist \Con"tra*band`ist\, n. One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A dealer in contraband.
Usage examples of contrabandist.
In Andalusia they say that a contrabandist can conceal himself behind half a brick.
The spot was of little interest to anyone, perfect for a Grapple and the cagey sorts who would gravitate to it: outlaws and contrabandists, underground leaders and condottieres, along with organized crime figures and fences, and all those who trafficked with them.
The fact is that the ladies' parlor at the hotel had been after dinner no better than a den of smugglers, in which the fair contrabandists had debated the best means of evading the laws of their country.
Nothing can be more mournful than these pictured reprisals, upon a pack of cards, in the days of the stake for roasting contrabandists, and the cauldron for boiling counterfeiters.
His introduction to the work of the contrabandists was banal: gambling debts compounded by an excess of alcohol and embarrassing female alliances.
His introduction to the world of the contrabandists was banal: gambling debts compounded by an excess of alcohol and embarrassing female alliances.