gun runner
Illegal weapons dealer
A gun runner is someone who smuggles firearms illegally, typically across borders or into conflict zones.
The term carries connotations of black-market dealing and often involvement with criminal organizations or armed insurgencies: The gun runner supplied weapons to rebel forces.
Also spelled as one word: gunrunner.
- smugglerIllegal goods transporter
- arms dealerVendor of weaponry
- arms dealNegotiated weapons sale
- traffickerIllegal goods dealer
- illegal armsUnlicensed weapons and munitions
contraband · illegal · weapons · serial numbers · border · cartel · black market · under the table · no questions asked · dirty money · clandestine · ammunition · covert · cargo · back alley · shipment · underworld · mercenary
- arms tradearms trade, arms exports, arms dealer, arms trafficking, arms deals
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- runner typesmarathoner, sprinter, jogger, ultramarathoner, hurdler
- wastelanderssurvivor, scavenger, wanderer, nomad, drifter
gun runnerATF agent
Federal law enforcement officer
weapons inspector · peacekeeper · border patrol agent · peace activist
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