rumrunner

Example Sentences

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And by doing that, these rumrunners, you know, who worked for Al Capone or whoever else, were able to sort of run circles around the Coast Guard.

From Scientific American

A Detroit chorus girl weds her stage producer without telling her rumrunner boyfriend.

From Los Angeles Times

“And we worked on the rumrunners’ boats, too,” he adds with a laugh.

From Seattle Times

But as the lone branch of the military that serves as a law-enforcement agency, the 227-year-old service has also long been in the business of interdicting contraband, from Chinese opium smugglers to Prohibition rumrunners.

From New York Times

The Coast Guard was unable to stop them because the rumrunners got good at concealing their operations using coded radio messages.

From National Geographic