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Meanings of contrabandist in English

Portuguese
contrabandista
Catalan
traficant

Someone who imports or exports without paying the lawful customs charges or duties.

        contrabandista
        Usage of contrabandist in English
        1
        Our Dutch friend Gist was, correctly speaking, a contrabandist.
        Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41
        2
        The contrabandists had got through again, and this time with a vengeance.
        Despair's Last Journey
        3
        As the contrabandists finish their work and gradually leave the scene, Escamillo, who has been following Carmen, appears.
        The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Compose...
        4
        They say that it was made by the contrabandists, but it leads to nowhere; it has been blocked since many years.
        The Rocks of Valpré
        5
        In 1828 and 1829, severe engagements took place between Spanish slavers and this class of contrabandists.
        Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
        6
        It was proved that one of the contrabandists had provided the vessel in which the ruffian O'Brien had carried Scum Goodman over to France.
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
        7
        'I was telling my wife yesterday your story of the lady contrabandist: I don't think she has done laughing since,' Mr.
        One of Our Conquerors — Volume 1
        Translations for contrabandist
        Portuguese
        contrabandista
        Contrabandist through the time