as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally contrabandists supplying the rebels with guns

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Noun
  • The show’s namesake character is Cassian Andor, a pilot, played by Diego Luna, who was taken from his home planet as an orphan by sympathetic smugglers.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
  • That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s a difference between a small runner and short runner.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • The Mets put two runners on in the third inning, their first two of the game, when Francisco Alvarez was hit with a pitch and Francisco Lindor reached on catcher’s interference.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2025
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“Contrabandist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrabandist. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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