contrabandist vs criminal

contrabandist and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contrabandist	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of contrabandist; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than contrabandist:

contrabandist: someone who imports or exports without paying duties
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of contrabandist include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

contrabandist (noun)	criminal (noun)
someone who imports or exports without paying duties	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

contrabandist (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure