smuggle

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. import or export without paying customs duties“She smuggled cigarettes across the border”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely. [1913 Webster]

Smuggle \Smug"gle\, v. i. To import or export in violation of the customs laws. [1913 Webster]
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