Rumrunner

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Caught smuggling liquor in a dashboard

Originally coined for the ship captains who would bring rum into the Continental United States after a tax was imposed on molasses. The term is widely used in modern times to denote someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border. See also bootlegger.