smuggledadj.
/ˈsmʌɡ(ə)ld/ Imported, brought in, conveyed, etc., by stealth.
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [adjective] > relating to smuggling
contraband1656
run1698
smuggled1707
smuggling1813
bootlegged1922
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth
stolenc1400
secret1548
clandestine1566
stealed1577
backdoor1581
underhand1592
surreptitial1602
surreptitious?1615
furtive1628
surreptious1630
by1633
surreptive1633
subreptitious1641
surreptitious1645
postern1648
backstairs1663
smuggled1707
underneath1747
underhanded1806
hidlingsa1810
hole-and-corner1835
side door1862
under-cover1933
under the table1938
crafty1946
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 68 Many a Boat Load of smuggl'd Ware, has he popt forth at his Gun-room Ports.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough xviii. 243 By smuggled News from neighb'ring Village told.
1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 275 Corbett and the men then handed up all the smuggled goods into the yacht.
1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 8 The consciousness of that smuggled paper made her nervous.
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