gunrunning

Examples

• All

• Okay, listen, I need to talk to an agent about a gunrunning investigation, Atlanta to New Jersey.

  Black Dog (1998)

• Do you have any idea what kind of sentence gunrunning and multiple murder carry in the sovereign state of Romania?

  The Detonator (2006)

• The only option for Vitaly and me was under-the-counter gunrunning.

  Lord of War (2005)

• Heintz had been investigating gunrunning and other insurgent activities in the Dujail area.

  Academic text (2007)

• The authorities arrested several individuals involved in gunrunning across the border, smuggling weapons into the country.

• Illegal gunrunning operations often go unnoticed due to the secrecy surrounding their activities.

• The documentary highlighted the dangers of gunrunning, showing how it fuels violence in conflict zones.

Synonyms

S

smuggling

vsgunrunning

• NSFW

76 4.5

To bring banned goods into or out of a country without paying taxes

is specifically about weapons and ammunition entering a country illegally

I

illegal smuggling

vsgunrunning

• NSFW

2 3.8

Taking goods or people across a border in secret and against the law

is limited to weapons and ammunition rather than general goods or people

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology