as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally contrabandists supplying the rebels with guns

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Noun
  • The show’s namesake character is Cassian Andor, a pilot, played by Diego Luna, who was taken from his home planet as an orphan by sympathetic smugglers.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
  • That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • But also, it’s been a while, and the challenge of being an asthmatic runner now is oddly enticing.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • In addition to Rogers and Reichman, another 31-year-old runner died from cardiac arrest during the 2014 Brooklyn half marathon.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
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“Contrabandist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contrabandist. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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