Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
import or export without paying customs duties;
- Example: "She smuggled cigarettes across the border"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smuggle \Smug"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smuggled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Smuggling.] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG.
smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga
to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D.
smuigen to eat in secret, AS. sm?gan to creep. See Smock.]
1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to
import or export without paying the duties imposed by law;
as, to smuggle lace.
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2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smuggle \Smug"gle\, v. i.
To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smuggle
v 1: import or export without paying customs duties; "She
smuggled cigarettes across the border"