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

A 14-minute comic synopsis of low-class urban life that is vaguely reminiscent of Fellini's work, Murray is the picaresque tale of a vulpine conman who rises from petty-ante rumrunner to gunsel for "the Mob."

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

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

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