rumrunner
Americannoun
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A Detroit chorus girl weds her stage producer without telling her rumrunner boyfriend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2021
A final volley came from the rumrunner as it slipped away to hiding in the Canadian marsh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sharply the U. S. agents returned the fire, forced the rumrunner to veer about, retreat toward the international line.
From Time Magazine Archive
A 14-minute comic synopsis of low-class urban life that is vaguely reminiscent of Fellini's work, Murray is the picaresque tale of a vulpine conman who rises from petty-ante rumrunner to gunsel for "the Mob."
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon thousands of radio intercepts were pouring into her office, just as they had done during the rumrunner days.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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