as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally contrabandists supplying the rebels with guns

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Noun
  • The International Organization for Migration in a statement said the migrants were part of a group of 150 others who were forced by smugglers to disembark a boat and swim to shore on June 5.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
  • Now, though, he was led away as an international drug smuggler who had tried to bring 60 kilograms (132lb) of cannabis, with a street value of £600,000 ($815,000) into England, duping his girlfriend into being one of his couriers.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Robert entered as a pinch runner in the eighth but was stranded on third.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • Lopez balked moments later as both runners moved up 90 feet in front of Vinnie Pasquantino.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
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“Contrabandist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrabandist. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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