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smuggle

[ smuhg-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

smuggled, smuggling.
  1. to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
  2. to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously:

    She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake.



verb (used without object)

smuggled, smuggling.
  1. to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.

smuggle

/ ˈ²õ³¾ÊŒÉ¡É™±ô /

verb

  1. to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly
  2. tr; often foll by into or out of to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules
  3. trfoll byaway to conceal; hide
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¾³Ü²µ²µ±ô±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ²õ³¾³Ü²µ²µ±ô¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³¾³Ü²µî€ƒg±ô±ð°ù noun
  • ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·²õ³¾³Ü²µî€ƒg±ô¾±²Ô²µ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¾³Ü²µî€ƒg±ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of smuggle1

1680–90; < Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of smuggle1

C17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English ²õ³¾Å«²µ±ð²Ô to creep; related to Old Norse ²õ³¾ÂáÅ«²µ²¹
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Israel said it needed to maintain a presence there to prevent weapons being smuggled into Gaza, and Hamas rearming.

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Authorities estimated that the smuggled reptiles were valued at $4.2 million.

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He is now charged with conspiring with gang “shot-callers†to smuggle heroin into lockups.

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“The offenses alleged in the indictment show a criminal group that acted with callous disregard for our nation’s immigration laws and no regard for the immigrants that they smuggled,†McNally said.

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U.S. officials blame fentanyl, primarily smuggled from Mexico, for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in recent years.

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