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单词 smuggle
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Definition of smuggle in English:

smuggle

verb ˈsmʌɡ(ə)lˈsməɡəl
[with object]
  • 1Move (goods) illegally into or out of a country.

    he's been smuggling cigarettes from Gibraltar into Spain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aren't almost all handguns used in crimes stolen or smuggled into the country illegally already?
    • Revenue was also busy cracking illegal cigarette and tobacco smuggling.
    • In the border area of Entikong and Tebedu, timber smuggling is increasingly rife and openly practiced.
    • There are at least seven million legal weapons in Germany, but perhaps twice that number in illegal guns smuggled in.
    • So long as there is a demand for the produce, illegal excavations and the smuggling of antiquities will continue.
    • The packets of cigarettes were being smuggled inside cans labelled as peas or beans.
    • To make sure the Merry Men did not get new hardware, he cracked down on smuggling and the black market.
    • He faces up to 10 years in jail for illegally smuggling arms into India.
    • Now the governments of the UK and Jamaica are spending £2m on a crackdown on cocaine smuggling.
    • Organized crime uses our ports to smuggle everything from heroin to guns to illegal immigrants.
    • He says his only link to the attack is an admission he hired two vans which he believed would be used for cigarette smuggling.
    • In the years after independence, Macedonia launched a clamp-down on cigarette smuggling.
    • They also have enforcement of copyright laws and tighter control on pirated goods being smuggled into the country.
    • Thailand's police are on the alert for an increase in smuggling of diesel oil at sea.
    • Velchev said they played a role in the smuggling of excise goods such as cigarettes and liquor.
    • Eight of the nine had previously pleaded guilty to being involved in the dealing of smuggling cigarettes.
    • The pictures show baby lemurs from Madagascar that have been illegally smuggled into the country.
    • Strict penalties will be handed out to those involved in the smuggling or illegal collection of birds, he added.
    • Armed robberies, fuel and cigarette smuggling, money-laundering and counterfeiting must also end.
    • The 1990s saw a massive increase in the smuggling of tobacco and cigarettes into the United Kingdom.
    1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Convey (someone or something) somewhere secretly and illicitly.
      he smuggled out a message
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His father paid people traffickers to smuggle his son out of the country to try to start a new life in Britain.
      • While they do not expect thugs to try to smuggle weapons into the arena, they are aware of the potential for violence outside.
      • The mystery remained how the bombers managed to smuggle their explosives on board.
      • An inquiry is under way after guns and fake explosives were smuggled on to a flight leaving Manchester Airport.
      • Virtually, with every passing week, we discover people trying to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia.
      • Under Irish law a person cannot be prosecuted merely for helping to smuggle people into Ireland.
      • Blackman is smuggled out of the country, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy.
      • As long as there is a market for the reptiles, then people will continue to smuggle them into the country.
      • Malaysia has deported an Iraqi suspected of being the ringleader of a syndicate that smuggles people out of western Asia to Australia via Malaysia and Indonesia, the official news agency Bernama reported Wednesday.
      • The explosives were smuggled in to the prison and every thing was set for the date.
      • Many illegal aliens pay thousands to be smuggled from Mexico into the United States.
      • The demand for designer dogs has people smuggling hundreds of puppies across the border.
      • Many of the Israeli army operations in the area involve finding and destroying a network of tunnels used to smuggle weapons and explosives from Egypt into Gaza.
      • He has no idea that she has been down to the designer label store and has smuggled the illicit buys into the house in an Asda carrier bag.
      • We learn that this job involves acting as a human storage device to smuggle cocaine into America.
      • Shah smuggled a video camera into Afghanistan to secretly film the reality of life under the Taliban.
      • Until last year the Singapore authorities gave people who smuggled gum into the country a year in jail.
      • One was posing as a baggage handler from London's International Airport, and he smuggled weapons aboard.
      • In three of these students were found to have secretly smuggled mobile phones into the examination rooms.
      • The film was smuggled into Indonesia aboard a repatriation ship and given a lot of publicity in the republican press.
      Synonyms
      bring/take illegally, run, sneak

Origin

Late 17th century: from Low German smuggelen, of unknown ultimate origin.

Rhymes

juggle, snuggle, struggle
 
 

Definition of smuggle in US English:

smuggle

verbˈsməɡəlˈsməɡəl
[with object]
  • 1Move (goods) illegally into or out of a country.

    he's been smuggling cigarettes from Gibraltar into Spain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He faces up to 10 years in jail for illegally smuggling arms into India.
    • They also have enforcement of copyright laws and tighter control on pirated goods being smuggled into the country.
    • In the years after independence, Macedonia launched a clamp-down on cigarette smuggling.
    • In the border area of Entikong and Tebedu, timber smuggling is increasingly rife and openly practiced.
    • Revenue was also busy cracking illegal cigarette and tobacco smuggling.
    • Now the governments of the UK and Jamaica are spending £2m on a crackdown on cocaine smuggling.
    • There are at least seven million legal weapons in Germany, but perhaps twice that number in illegal guns smuggled in.
    • Eight of the nine had previously pleaded guilty to being involved in the dealing of smuggling cigarettes.
    • Organized crime uses our ports to smuggle everything from heroin to guns to illegal immigrants.
    • To make sure the Merry Men did not get new hardware, he cracked down on smuggling and the black market.
    • Aren't almost all handguns used in crimes stolen or smuggled into the country illegally already?
    • He says his only link to the attack is an admission he hired two vans which he believed would be used for cigarette smuggling.
    • The pictures show baby lemurs from Madagascar that have been illegally smuggled into the country.
    • So long as there is a demand for the produce, illegal excavations and the smuggling of antiquities will continue.
    • The packets of cigarettes were being smuggled inside cans labelled as peas or beans.
    • Strict penalties will be handed out to those involved in the smuggling or illegal collection of birds, he added.
    • Armed robberies, fuel and cigarette smuggling, money-laundering and counterfeiting must also end.
    • The 1990s saw a massive increase in the smuggling of tobacco and cigarettes into the United Kingdom.
    • Thailand's police are on the alert for an increase in smuggling of diesel oil at sea.
    • Velchev said they played a role in the smuggling of excise goods such as cigarettes and liquor.
    1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Convey (someone or something) somewhere secretly and illicitly.
      he smuggled out a message
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Until last year the Singapore authorities gave people who smuggled gum into the country a year in jail.
      • The film was smuggled into Indonesia aboard a repatriation ship and given a lot of publicity in the republican press.
      • While they do not expect thugs to try to smuggle weapons into the arena, they are aware of the potential for violence outside.
      • Virtually, with every passing week, we discover people trying to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia.
      • The mystery remained how the bombers managed to smuggle their explosives on board.
      • In three of these students were found to have secretly smuggled mobile phones into the examination rooms.
      • As long as there is a market for the reptiles, then people will continue to smuggle them into the country.
      • An inquiry is under way after guns and fake explosives were smuggled on to a flight leaving Manchester Airport.
      • Blackman is smuggled out of the country, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy.
      • Many of the Israeli army operations in the area involve finding and destroying a network of tunnels used to smuggle weapons and explosives from Egypt into Gaza.
      • We learn that this job involves acting as a human storage device to smuggle cocaine into America.
      • Malaysia has deported an Iraqi suspected of being the ringleader of a syndicate that smuggles people out of western Asia to Australia via Malaysia and Indonesia, the official news agency Bernama reported Wednesday.
      • Shah smuggled a video camera into Afghanistan to secretly film the reality of life under the Taliban.
      • One was posing as a baggage handler from London's International Airport, and he smuggled weapons aboard.
      • His father paid people traffickers to smuggle his son out of the country to try to start a new life in Britain.
      • Under Irish law a person cannot be prosecuted merely for helping to smuggle people into Ireland.
      • The explosives were smuggled in to the prison and every thing was set for the date.
      • He has no idea that she has been down to the designer label store and has smuggled the illicit buys into the house in an Asda carrier bag.
      • Many illegal aliens pay thousands to be smuggled from Mexico into the United States.
      • The demand for designer dogs has people smuggling hundreds of puppies across the border.
      Synonyms
      bring illegally, take illegally, run, sneak

Origin

Late 17th century: from Low German smuggelen, of unknown ultimate origin.

 
 
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