contrabandist

[ kon-truh-ban-dist ]

noun

1. a person engaged in contraband trade; smuggler.

Other Words From

• contra·bandism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of contrabandist¹

From the Spanish word contrabandista, dating back to 1810–20. See contraband, -ist

Example Sentences

But while I sojourned as a country gentleman on the heavenly borders, I met a few contrabandists.

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Favored by their numbers, their perfect acquaintance with the hedge-and-ditch neighborhood, the contrabandists all contrived to escape.

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It is therefore not wonderful to find the country filled with contrabandists, and the towns with dishonest tradesmen.

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They were Spanish contrabandists of the lowest class, and earned a miserable livelihood by smuggling such rubbish from Portugal into Spain. 

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But the contrabandists were occasionally too adroit for him.

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