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GUNRUNNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gunrunning mean?
• GUNRUNNING (noun)
The noun GUNRUNNING has 1 sense:
1. the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
Familiarity information: GUNRUNNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gunrunning" is a kind of...):
smuggling (secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due)
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