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Meanings of gun-running in English

Russian
контрабанда оружия
Portuguese
tráfico de armas
Spanish
contrabando de armas
Catalan
tràfic d'armes

Illegal trafficking or smuggling of contraband weapons or ammunition.

      контрабанда оружия
      Usage of gun-running in English
      1
      You tax me with gun-running; and I plead guilty to the charge.
      A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
      2
      The United States is seeking Coke's extradition on drugs and gun-running charges.
      Reuters
      3
      The United States is seeking his extradition on drugs and gun-running charges.
      Reuters
      4
      The Howth gun-running was a daring operation carried out in broad daylight.
      The Irish Times
      5
      He was a major strategist in the Howth gun-running of July 1914.
      The Irish Times
      6
      But this case fell not into the ordinary, category of gun-running.
      Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
      7
      Some Baluchis are gun-running fifty miles up the coast, that's all.
      Round the World in Seven Days
      8
      It is here that this new gun-running plot has been laid.
      The Treasure-Train
      9
      I must say that this gun-running performance of theirs is good.
      Gossamer
      10
      Was it connected with the rumors we had heard of gun-running to Mexico?
      The Treasure-Train
      11
      Here's all this Ulster gun-running-youheard how she talked of it?
      Mr. Britling Sees It Through
      12
      Garland is among 12 defendants who pleaded guilty to charges in the gun-running conspiracy.
      Reuters
      13
      Still in her teens, Monica participated in the Larne gun-running.
      The Irish Times
      14
      Others had been active leaders in the Howth gun-running.
      John Redmond's Last Years
      15
      You go broadcasting insinuations about gun-running, do you think Khartoum is going to make distinctions?
      Acts of faith
      16
      Even before reaching her age Rimbaud had revolutionised poetry and abandoned it to take up gun-running.
      The Guardian
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