as in coyote
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of gunrunner
The notion that Roper, as a young man, could have been a gunrunner in Colombia felt right to me.
—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
Love Lies Bleeding Set in 1989 New Mexico, Rose Glass' 2024 neo-noir romantic thriller stars Kristen Stewart as Lou, a withdrawn gym manager raised by a local crime lord and gunrunner.
—
Charlotte Walsh,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Driving Pa Beck back to his mansion, Reacher takes an odd swerve into family counselor mode, telling the gunrunner that his son deserves to know that the reason he’s been made to suffer these last five years is because, welp, his old man is a gunrunner.
—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Her father’s work as a gunrunner and pilot led the British authorities to throw him in jail, weeks after Ms. Mehta was born.
—
Harrison Smith,
Washington Post,
22 Sep. 2023
There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
23 Feb. 2023
The 53-year-old Bout, a gunrunner, was the inspiration behind Nicholas Cage’s character in the 2005 film ‘‘Lord of War’’ and was on the radar of Western intelligence agencies for years before a 2008 Drug Enforcement Administration operation led to his capture.
—
Isabelle Khurshudyan,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 June 2020
Cartels and guerrillas in South America are similarly dependent on border-crossing drug smugglers and gunrunners for the tools of their trade.
—
Paul J. Angelo,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2020
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
Love Lies Bleeding Set in 1989 New Mexico, Rose Glass' 2024 neo-noir romantic thriller stars Kristen Stewart as Lou, a withdrawn gym manager raised by a local crime lord and gunrunner.
—
Charlotte Walsh,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Driving Pa Beck back to his mansion, Reacher takes an odd swerve into family counselor mode, telling the gunrunner that his son deserves to know that the reason he’s been made to suffer these last five years is because, welp, his old man is a gunrunner.
—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Her father’s work as a gunrunner and pilot led the British authorities to throw him in jail, weeks after Ms. Mehta was born.
—
Harrison Smith,
Washington Post,
22 Sep. 2023
There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
—
Peter Rubin,
Longreads,
23 Feb. 2023
The 53-year-old Bout, a gunrunner, was the inspiration behind Nicholas Cage’s character in the 2005 film ‘‘Lord of War’’ and was on the radar of Western intelligence agencies for years before a 2008 Drug Enforcement Administration operation led to his capture.
—
Isabelle Khurshudyan,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 June 2020
Cartels and guerrillas in South America are similarly dependent on border-crossing drug smugglers and gunrunners for the tools of their trade.
—
Paul J. Angelo,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunrunner
Noun
-
Photos from the rescue show a firefighter bringing the coyote pup to shore and a firefighter giving the thumbs-up with Judd, who helped with the search.
-
The official warning comes after coyote sightings in North Haledon in Passaic County and Glen Rock in Bergen County.
Noun
-
For example, when Rhode Islanders complained about how the British ship Gaspee was attacking their ships without mercy in its hunt for smugglers, the Royal Navy waved away the colonial government.
-
To get there, Sodais climbed mountains in the snow, moved from border to border with the help of smugglers, got captured a dozen times and spent time in jail.
Noun
-
Working primarily in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), Reeves tracked down murderers, thieves, bootleggers and other outlaws across a vast and often dangerous frontier.
-
Stock car racing's origins trace back to the Prohibition era when bootleggers raced modified cars.
Cite this Entry
“Gunrunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunrunner. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
