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smug⋅gle
[smuhg-uh
l] 
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
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.
To engage in smuggling. [Probably Low German smukkeln, smuggeln or Middle Dutch smokkelen.] smug'gler n. |
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