nnoun.actsecretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is dueDerivationally Related Form:smuggle
Hypernyms:importation importing
Inherited Hypernyms:smugglingimportingcommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:smugglingimportingcommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:gunrunning
vverb.possessionimport or export without paying customs dutiesTopic:commercecommercialismmercantilismcrimecriminal offencecriminal offenselaw-breaking
Examples:- She smuggled cigarettes across the border
Derivationally Related Form:smugglingsmuggler
Hypernyms:export import
Inherited Hypernyms:smuggleexporttrade
Inherited Hypernyms:smuggleimporttrade
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP | They --- the people the food (apply to: smuggle) | They --- the food to the people (apply to: smuggle)