1898 A. C. Gunter xviii. 201 Yer life would nae be worth a groat if the Spanish Governor General got his clutches on yer wind-pipe, me bra' arms smuggler.
1937 A. Koestler 24 A spy or an arms smuggler or a foreign agent.
2008 9 May 14/2 In theory, a Latvian people trader or a Polish arms smuggler—so long as his convictions are abroad—could walk into a job airside at any British airport.