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单词 smuggle
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smuggle

verb
/ˈsmʌɡl/
/ˈsmʌɡl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they smuggle
/ˈsmʌɡl/
/ˈsmʌɡl/
he / she / it smuggles
/ˈsmʌɡlz/
/ˈsmʌɡlz/
past simple smuggled
/ˈsmʌɡld/
/ˈsmʌɡld/
past participle smuggled
/ˈsmʌɡld/
/ˈsmʌɡld/
-ing form smuggling
/ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/
/ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/
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  1. smuggle something/somebody (+ adv./prep.) to take, send or bring goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, etc.
    • They were caught smuggling diamonds into the country.
    • He managed to smuggle a gun into the prison.
    • smuggled drugs
    • We do not yet know how the bomb was smuggled abroad.
    Collocations CrimeCrimeCommitting a crime
    • commit a crime/​a murder/​a violent assault/​a brutal killing/​an armed robbery/​fraud
    • be involved in terrorism/​a suspected arson attack/​people smuggling/​human trafficking
    • engage/​participate in criminal activity/​illegal practices/​acts of mindless vandalism
    • steal somebody’s wallet/​purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
    • rob a bank/​a person/​a tourist
    • break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/​a home/​an apartment
    • hijack a plane/​ship/​bus
    • smuggle drugs/​weapons/​arms/​immigrants
    • launder drug money (through something)
    • forge documents/​certificates/​passports
    • take/​accept/​pay somebody/​offer (somebody) a bribe
    • run a phishing/​an email/​an internet scam
    Fighting crime
    • combat/​fight crime/​terrorism/​corruption/​drug trafficking
    • prevent/​stop credit-card fraud/​child abuse/​software piracy
    • deter/​stop criminals/​burglars/​thieves/​shoplifters/​vandals
    • reduce/​tackle/​crack down on knife/​gun/​violent/​street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
    • foil a bank raid/​a terrorist plot
    • help/​support/​protect the victims of crime
    Investigating crime
    • report a crime/​a theft/​a rape/​an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
    • witness the crime/​attack/​murder/​incident
    • investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/​a burglary/​a robbery/​the alleged incident
    • conduct/​launch/​pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/​murder inquiry
    • investigate/​reopen a criminal/​murder case
    • examine/​investigate/​find fingerprints at the crime scene/​the scene of crime
    • collect/​gather forensic evidence
    • uncover new evidence/​a fraud/​a scam/​a plot/​a conspiracy/​political corruption/​a cache of weapons
    • describe/​identify a suspect/​the culprit/​the perpetrator/​the assailant/​the attacker
    • question/​interrogate a suspect/​witness
    • solve/​crack the case
    Extra Examples
    • Friends secretly smuggled him out of the country.
    • Weapons are being smuggled across the border.
    • goods which have been smuggled into Britain
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • secretly
    • illegally
    • aboard
    verb + smuggle
    • try to
    • manage to
    preposition
    • across
    • into
    • out of
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Low German smuggelen, of unknown ultimate origin.
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