Contrabandist (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The customs officer was tasked with catching the contrabandist who had been smuggling goods into the country for months.
- As a contrabandist, he had made a fortune by evading taxes and duties on his illicit imports.
- The authorities finally caught the notorious contrabandist who had been using fake shipping documents to avoid detection.
- The government imposed harsh penalties on the contrabandist who had been caught smuggling goods worth millions of dollars.
- The detective went undercover to gather evidence against the contrabandist who was suspected of running a large-scale smuggling operation.