- smuggle
- smuggle (v.) 1680s, of Low German or Dutch origin (see SMUGGLER (Cf. smuggler)). Related: Smuggled; smuggling.
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smuggle — smug‧gle [ˈsmʌgl] verb [transitive] LAW to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle something into/out of • They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. • The silver was found in Yugoslavia and smuggled… … Financial and business terms
smuggle — smug·gle / smə gəl/ vb smug·gled, smug·gling vt: to import or export secretly and illegally esp. to avoid paying duties or to evade enforcement of laws smuggle drugs convicted of smuggling weapons vi: to export or import something in violation of … Law dictionary
Smuggle — Smug gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smuggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smuggling}.] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Smuggle — Smug gle, v. i. To import or export in violation of the customs laws. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smuggle — [v] transfer illegal goods bootleg, deal, export, hide, moonshine*, pirate, push, run, run contraband*, run rum*, snake in*; concept 192 … New thesaurus
smuggle — ► VERB 1) move (goods) illegally into or out of a country. 2) convey secretly and illicitly. DERIVATIVES smuggler noun smuggling noun. ORIGIN Low German smuggelen … English terms dictionary
smuggle — [smug′əl] vt. smuggled, smuggling [< LowG smuggeln, akin to OE smugan, to creep: for IE base see SMOCK] 1. to bring into or take out of a country secretly, under illegal conditions or without paying the required import or export duties 2. to… … English World dictionary
smuggle — v. 1) (D; tr.) to smuggle across (to smuggle goods across a border) 2) (D; tr.) to smuggle by, past, through (to smuggle a diamond past customs) 3) (D; tr.) to smuggle into (to smuggle currency into a country) 4) (D; tr.) to smuggle out of (to… … Combinatory dictionary
smuggle — 01. He was arrested for trying to [smuggle] drugs across the border. 02. In certain countries, drug [smugglers] are sentenced to death. 03. The plane crashed after a bomb which had been [smuggled] on board by a suicidal man exploded in the… … Grammatical examples in English
smuggle — verb (T) 1 to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle sth into/out of: They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. | smuggle sth through customs (=to illegally take something past the officials who check… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
