gun·run·ning

[guhn-ruhn-ing]
noun
the smuggling of guns or other ammunition into a country.

Origin:
1880–85; gun1 + running

gun·run·ner, noun
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gunrunning (ˈɡʌnˌrʌnɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the smuggling of guns and ammunition or other weapons of war into a country
 
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
The term gunrunning brings to mind images of swift boats landing rifles on shadowy and foreign shores.
Sets penalties for gunrunning for illegally selling three or more weapons and raises penalty for selling guns on school property.
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