contraband
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We may be contrabandists, or political exiles, or any variety of refugee foreigners.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
In 1828 and 1829, severe engagements took place between Spanish slavers and this class of contrabandists.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz
They were Spanish contrabandists of the lowest class, and earned a miserable livelihood by smuggling such rubbish from Portugal into Spain.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
"If I went by the letter of the law, I should assist the customs; but according to the spirit, I should stand by the contrabandists."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various
It was proved that one of the contrabandists had provided the vessel in which the ruffian O'Brien had carried Scum Goodman over to France.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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