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[ smuhg-uhl ] / ˈsmʌg əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR smuggle ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), smug·gled, smug·gling.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), smug·gled, smug·gling.to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law. Origin of smuggle1680–90; <Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln OTHER WORDS FROM smugglesmuggler, nounan·ti·smug·gling, adjectiveun·smug·gled, adjectiveWords nearby smugglesmudge pot, smudging, smudgy, smug, smuggery, smuggle, smur, smurfing, smush, smut, smutch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for smuggleIt was a high-tech attempt to smuggle in drugs and phones from the skies over a maximum-security facility. What Was This Drone Doing Over a South Carolina Prison?|Melissa Leon|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Egypt has blocked the tunnels Hamas formerly used to smuggle goods and weapons into Gaza—and to get its operatives out again. Israelis and Arabs Shaken by the Aftershock of Teen Murders|Miranda Frum|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rep. Steve King raged that this would allow illegals to “smuggle themselves into the military.” Even a Path to Citizenship for Military Volunteers Is Too Much for House Republicans|Ben Jacobs|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST His father was executed in 1942 by a German gendarme after attempting to smuggle a packet of saccharine into the Ghetto. The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto|The Telegraph|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To smuggle 500 kilograms of Mexican cocaine in frozen fish from Guyana to Italy would require as many as 5,000 fish. Mafia’s Cocaine-in-a-Can Bust|Michael Daly|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST In my country we do not—that is, we who are of my class—we do not consider it a crime to smuggle—ah, well, a few cigars. The Eight-Oared Victors|Lester Chadwick I would have paid a week's subscription to have been able to smuggle the 'Examiner' into my hand at that moment. Tales Of The Trains|Charles James Lever I know, indeed, you are accustom'd to smuggle with these Rebels of mine. Benjamin Franklin|Frank Luther Mott Hes going to smuggle them over to the tailors and have em cleaned. Left Half Harmon|Ralph Henry Barbour Here he has only got to smuggle himself in, there he had to bring back something like a ton of oranges. Held Fast For England|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for smuggle
verbto 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 (tr foll by away) to conceal; hide Derived forms of smugglesmuggler, nounsmuggling, nounWord Origin for smuggleC17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūga Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to smugglehide, export, run, deal, moonshine, bootleg, push, pirate |