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smug·gle

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l] Pronunciation Key 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

]

—Related forms

smuggler, noun

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smug·gle Audio Help   (smŭg'əl) Pronunciation Key
v.   smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles

v.   tr.

To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties.
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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smuggling
noun
secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈsmuggling noun

Example: the laws against smuggling; drug-smuggling

Arabic:	تَهْريب
Chinese (Simplified):	走私
Chinese (Traditional):	走私
Czech:	pašování
Danish:	smugling; -smugling
Dutch:	het smokkelen
Estonian:	salakaubavedu
Finnish:	salakuljetus
French:	contrebande (de)
German:	der Schmuggel
Greek:	λαθρεμπόριο
Hungarian:	csempészet
Icelandic:	smygl
Indonesian:	penyelundupan
Italian:	contrabbando

Japanese:	密輸
Korean:	밀수입; 밀수출
Latvian:	kontrabanda
Lithuanian:	kontrabanda
Norwegian:	smugling
Polish:	przemyt
Portuguese (Brazil):	contrabando
Portuguese (Portugal):	contrabando
Romanian:	contrabandă (cu)
Russian:	контрабанда
Slovak:	pašovanie
Slovenian:	tihotapstvo
Spanish:	contrabando
Swedish:	smuggling
Turkish:	kaçakçılık

See also: smuggler, smuggle

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
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> <convicted of smuggling weapons> intransitiveverb : to export or import something in violation of customs laws

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