contrabandist
Americannoun
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Origin of contrabandist
From the Spanish word contrabandista, dating back to 1810–20. See contraband, -ist
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With the confidence which the contrabandist inspired in him he asked him for money.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
But his second cousin, Francisco L. Rojas, a shipowner, contrabandist, and merchant, was not so fortunate.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
The chief of the German Catholic party and friend of the Vatican, Erzberger, was driven from his hotel to the German Embassy as a foreign mischief-maker, contrabandist and spy.
From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes
The people would learn what an utterly ignorant impudence presided over the restoring to England of the Peterhoff's mail bag of a vessel a contrabandist, a blockade runner, and a forger.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
I demand the service of this contrabandist as my domestic until this day week.'
From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
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