rumrunner

• Существительное, обозначающее человека, который незаконно перевозит алкогольные напитки, особенно ром, через границу или на территорию, где действует сухой закон.

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.

   Контрабандист спиртного

   • 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.

   Синонимыbootleggermoonshinersmuggler