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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024smug•gle /ˈsmʌgəl/USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling. - to convey (goods) secretly and illegally into or out of a country: [~ + object]to smuggle heroin.[no object]a fast boat used to smuggle along the coast.
- to bring, take, put, etc., secretly:[~ + object]smuggled his class notes into the science test.
smug•gler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024smug•gle (smug′əl),USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling. v.t. - to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, esp. without payment of legal duty.
- to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously:She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake.
v.i. - to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.
- Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
- 1680–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: smuggle /ˈsmʌɡəl/ vb - to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly
- (tr; often followed by into or out of) to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules
Etymology: 17th Century: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūgaˈsmuggler n ˈsmuggling n |