smugglesmug‧gle /ˈsmʌɡəl/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 
The guns were smuggled across the border.smuggle something into/out of/from something Illegal immigrants are smuggled into the country by boat.2informal to take something or someone secretly to a place where they are not allowed to besmuggle something into something He smuggled his notes into the exam.
WORD ORIGINsmuggle
Origin:
1600-1700 Low German smuggeln and Dutch smokkelenVERB TABLE
smuggle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | smuggle |
| he, she, it | smuggles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | smuggled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have smuggled |
| he, she, it | has smuggled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had smuggled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will smuggle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have smuggled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am smuggling |
| he, she, it | is smuggling | |
| you, we, they | are smuggling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was smuggling |
| you, we, they | were smuggling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been smuggling |
| he, she, it | has been smuggling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been smuggling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be smuggling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been smuggling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I'll smuggle you in through the back door.
- And the cave Ogof Tobacco bears witness to the area's smuggling past.
- He leaned in to talk and smuggle her a cigarette.
- He thought it a punishment for the note the young cleric had tried to smuggle out via De Gaulle.
- I smuggled a copy out when I left because I thought it was so funny.
- If this involves smuggling something of an avant-garde sensibility into the theorization of television, so be it.
- Meanwhile, smuggling fees have tripled in some cases to $ 1, 000.
WORD SETS
abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1to take something or someone illegally from one country to anothersmuggle something across something (=the crime of bringing drugs into a country)· The maximum penalty for drug smuggling was 25 years in jail.
Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket.· Export and import licences are forged, people paid off and endangered species or their products smuggled in.· Finally, she smoked marijuana smuggled in by another patient, and she was put on the restricted floor.· A few luxuries have been smuggled in by canoe from the Solomons, which Bougainville is geographically and culturally close to.
· They say the most likely way the keys were smuggled out was by a prison warder rather than an inmate to a visitor.· An employee seeking to smuggle out documents can simply place them in a coat pocket to avoid detection.· He thought it a punishment for the note the young cleric had tried to smuggle out via De Gaulle.· Then in 1986, another prisoner bribed a guard to smuggle out a note.· The only communication between him and his family had been letters smuggled out.· Maria had brought out no money, but she had smuggled out some of her jewels.· Recently, an anonymous note, clearly composed from a dialogue between a prisoner and a sympathetic guard, was smuggled out.
NOUN· Imperial Tobacco pushed up profits by 15 % in the six months to March 25 despite increased cigarette smuggling.
· Thousands of objects were smuggled out of the country.· Western books are smuggled into the country and duplicated.· It is believed the haul has already been smuggled out of the country.· It's estimated that half a million pounds worth have been smuggled out of the country already this year.· Literally billions have been smuggled out of Third World countries to Western banks, often in suitcases.· Video films are also compact enough to be smuggled into the country without drawing the attention of customs officers.· They need to be smuggled out of the country.
· He says that it has been known for drugs to be smuggled in large packages.· The Arellanos have drug smuggling in their family tree.· It ended an era born from drug smuggling.· He was accused of providing airstrips for drug smuggling and receiving $ 350 million for his efforts.· Mohibullah was arrested at Heathrow after drugs were found smuggled in his suitcase.· His aggressiveness paid off, as Kerry was finding significant evidence of contra-connected drug smuggling.· As well as buying drugs, gangs are smuggling money abroad to have it laundered.
VERB· While visiting her sister on the island of Corfu, Lucy Waring innocently finds herself involved in a smuggling ring.
· He thought it a punishment for the note the young cleric had tried to smuggle out via De Gaulle.· Neither of them was trying to smuggle anything.
The guns were smuggled across the border.smuggle something into/out of/from something Illegal immigrants are smuggled into the country by boat.2informal to take something or someone secretly to a place where they are not allowed to besmuggle something into something He smuggled his notes into the exam.