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smug⋅gle

  [smuhg-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling.
Use smuggle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, esp. 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)
3. to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.
Origin:
1680–90; < LG smuggeln; c. G schmuggeln

Related forms:
smuggler, noun
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smug·gle   (smŭg'əl)   
v.   smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles

v.   tr.
  1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties.
  2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth.
v.   intr.
To engage in smuggling.

[Probably Low German smukkeln, smuggeln or Middle Dutch smokkelen.]
smug'gler n.
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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 eat in secret, AS. sm?gan to creep. See Smock.]

1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.

2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.

Smuggle

Smug"gle\, v. i. To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : smuggle
Spanish: pasar de contrabando,
German: schmuggeln,
Japanese: 密輸する
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Main Entry: smug·gle
Pronunciation: 'sm&-g&l
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: smug·gled; smug·gling
transitive verb : to import or export secretly and illegally esp. to avoid paying duties or to evade enforcement of laws <smuggle drugs> smuggling weapons> intransitive verb : to export or import something in violation of customs laws
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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