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smuggle
[ smuhg-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, noun
- ˈܲԲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲg noun
- t·ܲgԲ adjective
- ܲ·ܲg adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of smuggle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of smuggle1
Example Sentences
At the time, Waugh was in Spain, where he had been co-ordinating an operation to smuggle firearms into the UK.
Last September the UN's world heritage organisation, Unesco, warned of a "threat to culture" and urged art dealers not to import or export artefacts smuggled out of Sudan.
Benn was smuggled out of the hotel before the assembled media was told.
Fish and Wildlife Service agents uncovered his crimes in 2023 when they intercepted three baby Mexican spider monkeys that had been smuggled across the border in Calexico by someone working for him, prosecutors said.
In a meeting with Trump on Monday, President Bukele also said that he would not "smuggle" Abrego Garcia into the U.S. and asserted that he does not have the power to return him.
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