Contrabandist
41pirate — n 1. sea robber, sea rover, sea dog, sea wolf; Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Long John Silver. 2. viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer; freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran; kidnapper, abductor, (usu. of cattle) rustler,… …
42racketeer — n 1. gangster, mobster, mafioso, Sl. gunsel; desperado, thug, terrorist; tough, Inf. toughie, mugger, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin. 2.… …
43robber — n 1. burglar, thief, stealer, Inf. crook; housebreaker, Sl. cracksman, Brit. picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second story man; Inf. hold up man, Sl. stickup man; mugger; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine. 2. petty thief, Sl. ripoff,… …
44smuggler — n contrabandist, runner, U.S. bootlegger, U.S. Inf. rumrunner, (of drugs) Sl. mule …
45thief — n 1. pilferer, filcher, Sl. ripoff or rip off artist, purloiner, stealer, Inf. crook, Sl. ganef; shoplifter, pickpocket, cutpurse, purse snatcher, light fingered Louie, Sl. dip; Psychol. kleptomaniac. 2. burglar, robber, housebreaker, Sl.… …
46contraband — n. & a. smuggled (goods); goods which it is forbidden to carry or import. ♦ contraband of war, goods supplied to one belligerent and seizable by another. ♦ absolute contraband, goods of a kind intended for war use only, e.g. armaments.… …
47contraband — ► NOUN 1) goods that have been imported or exported illegally. 2) trade in smuggled goods. ► ADJECTIVE 1) imported or exported illegally. 2) relating to traffic in illegal goods. DERIVATIVES contrabandist noun …
48arms-runner — noun a smuggler of guns • Syn: ↑gunrunner • Hypernyms: ↑smuggler, ↑runner, ↑contrabandist, ↑moon curser, ↑moon curser …
49contraband — n. & adj. n. 1 goods that have been smuggled, or imported or exported illegally. 2 prohibited trade; smuggling. 3 (in full contraband of war) goods forbidden to be supplied by neutrals to belligerents. adj. 1 forbidden to be imported or exported… …
50rumrunner — noun someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border • Hypernyms: ↑smuggler, ↑runner, ↑contrabandist, ↑moon curser, ↑moon curser * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rum ( …
