rumrunner

• Personne qui transporte illégalement des boissons alcoolisées, en particulier du rhum, en contrebande à travers une frontière ou vers un territoire où la prohibition est en vigueur.

A noun referring to a person who illegally smuggles alcoholic beverages, especially rum, across a border or into a prohibition area.

1. Illegal liquor smugglerC1informalamerican

   A person who transports or smuggles alcoholic beverages illegally, especially across a border.

   Contrebandier d'alcool

   • During Prohibition, rumrunners used fast boats to evade the coast guard.
   • The rumrunner was caught with a cargo of whiskey near the Canadian border.
   • Many rumrunners became wealthy by supplying speakeasies with illegal alcohol.

   Synonymesbootleggermoonshinersmuggler