smuggle
Use Smuggle in a sentence
əl verb (used with object)
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)
3.
to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.
Origin:
1680–90; < Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
1680–90; < Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
Related forms
smug·gler, noun
an·ti·smug·gling, adjective
un·smug·gled, adjective
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smuggle (ˈsmʌɡəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by away) | |
| 1. | to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly |
| 2. | (tr; |
| 3. | to conceal; hide |
| [C17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūga] | |
| 'smuggler | |
| —n | |
| 'smuggling | |
| —n | |
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Smuggle
is one of our favorite verbs.
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| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
Example sentences
But he managed to smuggle out a diary that he plans to publish soon.
In one scheme workers smuggle trussed homing pigeons out to the mining areas in lunch boxes.
The vehicles, it turned out, were being used to smuggle gasoline.
Billions of infectious particles can be stored in a small vial, much easier to smuggle into a country than a nuclear device.
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