rum-running

rum·run·ner

[ruhm-ruhn-er]
noun
a person or ship engaged in smuggling liquor.

Origin:
1920, Americanism; rum1 + runner

rum·run·ning, noun, adjective
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rumrunner

noun
someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border 
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