contrabandista

/kontɾabanˈdista/ · B2 · noun · mf

smuggler

📦🚤 contra + banda + ista = one who goes against the (ban) law

Contrabando means goods traded against (contra) a public decree (bando, related to ban). Add -ista for a person who does it: contrabandista, someone who moves goods against the rules. The English word contraband comes from the same root.

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