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gunrunning Definition

gun·running (-run′iŋ)

noun

the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country

gunrunning Related Forms

gun′·run′ner noun

gunrunning Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • operation: Federal agents began an investigation that eventually linked the gunrunning operation to organized crime in Boston and to drug trafficking.
  • scheme: Capone is alarmed that the friend he considered a brother, is now the lead man in a violent gunrunning scheme.

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