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Definition of gunrunner
: one that traffics in contraband arms and ammunition
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Two shipments were brokered by a South African gunrunner, Willem Ehlers, who got payments of $592,784 and $734,099 respectively.
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Investigators have followed an array of leads and suspects — mobsters, Irish gunrunners, local thieves and even a Hollywood screenwriter.
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Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted.
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Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted.
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Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA, was never prosecuted.
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Azima, a gunrunner later tied to the CIA and the Iran-Contra scandal of the Reagan administration, was never prosecuted.
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IRA gunrunners (Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley) are working a deal with a South African arms dealer (Sharlto Copley) with the help of a go-between (Brie Larson).
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First Known Use of gunrunner
1899
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