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smuggle

(smʌgəl)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense smuggles, present participle smuggling, past tense, past participle smuggled
verb
If someone smuggles things or people into a place or out of it, they take them there illegally or secretly.
...speculation that the Arctic Sea is being used for smuggling weapons. [VERB noun]
The gang was allegedly smuggling migrants from Calais to Britain. [VERB noun preposition]
Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter? [VERB noun with adverb]
Some of the trucks carried smuggled goods. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: sneak, spirit, slip, bring illegally More Synonyms of smuggle
smuggling uncountable noun
An air hostess was arrested and charged with drug smuggling.
...the smuggling of arms.

smuggle in British English

(ˈsmʌɡəl)
verb
1. 
to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly
2. (tr; often foll by into or out of)
to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules
3. (transitive; foll by away)
to conceal; hide
Derived forms
smuggler (ˈsmuggler)
noun
smuggling (ˈsmuggling)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūga

smuggle in American English

(ˈsmʌgəl)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsmuggled or ˈsmuggling
1. 
to bring into or take out of a country secretly, under illegal conditions or without paying the required import or export duties
2. 
to bring, take, carry, etc. secretly or stealthily
verb intransitive
3. 
to practice smuggling; be a smuggler
Derived forms
smuggler (ˈsmuggler)
noun
Word origin
< LowG smuggeln, akin to OE smugan, to creep: for IE base see smock

Examples of 'smuggle' in a sentence
smuggle

Oil was being smuggled illegally out of the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Two friends discover romance and excitement when they are drawn into an international drug smuggling plot.
The Sun (2010)
The success of this seizure will send a clear message of determination to stop the smuggling of illegal drugs.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In 1995 the family received a second smuggled letter.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A prisoner kept an international drug smuggling operation going from his cell using a smuggled mobile phone.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then one day, a woman received a smuggled letter from a brother who had disappeared on a fishing trip a generation earlier.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A twelfth person was charged last night over the alleged plot to smuggle bomb components on to aircraft and assemble explosive devices.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So he agreed to smuggle a letter into London '.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Britons flying from Sharm have been transported on planes with no baggage in the hold to minimise the risk of a bomb being smuggled on board.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
On Friday Hall faces trial on charges of smuggling drugs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He said: 'There is growing evidence the increased smuggling of synthetic drugs is a major factor.
The Sun (2015)
He faces 15 years' jail for drug smuggling.
The Sun (2011)
He was allowed to write postcards in German and he was able to smuggle letters out with the help of Czech police.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
smuggle

British English: smuggle /ˈsmʌɡl/ VERB
If someone smuggles things or people into a place or out of it, they take them there illegally or secretly.
He smuggled papers out each day and photocopied them.
  • American English: smuggle
  • Arabic: يُهَرِّبُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: contrabandear
  • Chinese: 走私
  • Croatian: krijumčariti
  • Czech: pašovat
  • Danish: smugle
  • Dutch: smokkelen
  • European Spanish: pasar de contrabando
  • Finnish: salakuljettaa
  • French: faire de la contrebande
  • German: schmuggeln
  • Greek: κάνω λαθρεμπόριο
  • Italian: contrabbandare
  • Japanese: 密輸する
  • Korean: 밀수입하다
  • Norwegian: smugle
  • Polish: przemycić
  • European Portuguese: contrabandear
  • Romanian: a aduce pe furiș
  • Russian: провозить контрабандой
  • Latin American Spanish: pasar de contrabando
  • Swedish: smuggla
  • Thai: ลักลอบนำเข้า
  • Turkish: kaçakçılık yapmak
  • Ukrainian: провозити контрабандою
  • Vietnamese: buôn lậu

Chinese translation of 'smuggle'

smuggle

(ˈsmʌɡl)

vt

  1. [goods, drugs, refugees] 走私 (zǒusī)
    to smuggle sth in/out 走私进(進)口/出口某物 (zǒusī jìnkǒu/chūkōu mǒuwù)
(verb) 
Definition
to bring or take secretly
Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter?
Synonyms
sneak
She's always sneaking the dog treats.
spirit
slip
She slipped downstairs and out of the house.
bring illegally

Additional synonyms

in the sense of slip
Definition
to move or pass quickly and without being noticed
She slipped downstairs and out of the house.
Synonyms
sneak,
creep,
steal,
slope,
sidle,
move stealthily,
ghost,
insinuate yourself

Synonyms of 'smuggle'

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