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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.
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Smuggled
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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| smuggled | |
adjective | |
| distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg] |
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