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smuggling - 2 dictionary results

smug⋅gle

[smuhg-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling.
–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


smuggler, noun
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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