rumrunner
Example Sentences
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A Detroit chorus girl weds her stage producer without telling her rumrunner boyfriend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2021
Sharply the U. S. agents returned the fire, forced the rumrunner to veer about, retreat toward the international line.
From Time Magazine Archive
As specified by the 1924 British-American extraterritorial seizure convention, a rumrunner may also be boarded within one hour's sail of the coast by the boats concerned.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the shade of Jean Harlow peering over her cocked shoulder, Liza Minnelli plays a '20s rumrunner called Claire Dobie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon thousands of radio intercepts were pouring into her office, just as they had done during the rumrunner days.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
