gunrunner
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈɡʌnˌrʌnər/
- NSFW
:
traficante de armas
- Gunrunners are a little touchy about their identity.
- gunrunner named
- gunrunners say
Examples
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At the moment, I'm a gunrunner.
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Looks like we found some gunrunners.
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I think he might be a gunrunner.
Fiction book (2000) -
Charlie Oscar, Gunrunner standing by.
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Of course, a new breed of gunrunner requires a new breed of cop.
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The gunrunner's in Number 6.
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Especially when there are so many gunrunners and mercenaries about.
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Carrigan was a gunrunner, a drug dealer, a mercenary.
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His father had told him that the list contained the names of prominent gunrunners in the Bronx.
Fiction book (1991) -
The authorities arrested a notorious gunrunner who smuggled weapons across the border.
Synonyms
89
3.8
A person who secretly moves goods across borders to avoid paying tax
62
8.0
A person who illegally buys and sells goods or people
53
8.3
A person who brings goods into a country without paying customs
1
9.5
A person who sells weapons to make money, often causing violence
A person who illegally moves guns across a border to sell them
A person who sells weapons, often illegally
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gunrunner combines gun and runner. A 'runner' is someone who moves things quickly or secretly, like a 'rum-runner' who smuggled alcohol, so a gunrunner is a person who secretly moves or sells guns illegally.