rum-runner

See also: rumrunner and rum runner

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rum +‎ runner.

Noun

rum-runner (plural rum-runners)

  2. (US, Canada) An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
    Antonym: revenuer
    Hypernyms: smuggler < outlaw < criminal
    Near-synonyms: bootlegger; moonshiner, shiner
  4. A fast boat used by these smugglers.
    Hypernyms: go-fast boat < powerboat < boat < vessel
    Coordinate terms: cigarette boat; blockade runner
  6. Any fast boat of the sort.
    Synonyms: go-fast boat; cigarette boat
    Hypernyms: powerboat < boat < vessel
    Near-synonym: speedboat
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