contrabandist

con·tra·band

C0604800 (kŏn′trə-bănd′)n.1. a. Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.b. Goods that are possessed contrary to law or rule, as in a prison or school.2. a. Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling.b. Smuggled goods.3. Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.4. An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines.adj. Prohibited from being imported or exported.

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[Italian contrabbando : contra-, against (from Latin contrā-; see contra-) + bando, legal proclamation (from Late Latin bannus, of Germanic origin; see bhā- in Indo-European roots).]

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con′tra·band′age n.con′tra·band′ist n.

con•tra•band•ist

(ˈkɒn trəˌbæn dɪst)

n. smuggler. [1810–20; < Sp contrabandista] con`tra•band′ism, n.

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contrabandist - someone who imports or exports without paying dutiesmoon curser, moon-curser, runner, smugglercoyote - someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border)criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimearms-runner, gunrunner - a smuggler of gunsrumrunner - someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border

contrabandist

nounA person who engages in smuggling:bootlegger, runner, smuggler.