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smuggle
[ smuhg-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
smuggled, smuggling.
- to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously:
She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake.
verb (used without object)
smuggled, smuggling.
- to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.
smuggle
/ ˈʌɡə /
verb
- to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly
- tr; often foll by into or out of to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules
- trfoll byaway to conceal; hide
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Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, noun
- ˈܲԲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲg noun
- t·ܲgԲ adjective
- ܲ·ܲg adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of smuggle1
1680–90; < Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of smuggle1
C17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English ū to creep; related to Old Norse ū
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In the movie you have “coyoteks,” a futuristic version of coyotes who smuggle people across the border to become migrant laborers in the U.S.
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He bribes them to help smuggle drugs into Ecuador's ports or to turn a blind eye – and the occasional camera.
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Do I know some people who have smuggled in a peanut butter sandwich?
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Israel said it needed to maintain a presence there to prevent weapons being smuggled into Gaza, and Hamas rearming.
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Authorities estimated that the smuggled reptiles were valued at $4.2 million.
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