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MOON-CURSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moon-curser mean? 

MOON-CURSER (noun)
  The noun MOON-CURSER has 1 sense:

1. someone who imports or exports without paying dutiesplay

  Familiarity information: MOON-CURSER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOON-CURSER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

contrabandist; moon-curser; moon curser; runner; smuggler

Hypernyms ("moon-curser" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moon-curser"):

coyote (someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border))

arms-runner; gunrunner (a smuggler of guns)

rumrunner (someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border)


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