smuggle

  • 11smuggle — verb (T) 1 to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle sth into/out of: They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. | smuggle sth through customs (=to illegally take something past the officials who check… …

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  • 12smuggle — verb ADVERB ▪ secretly ▪ illegally ▪ aboard, in, out ▪ He managed to smuggle out a note from prison. VERB + SMUGGLE …

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  • 13smuggle — smug|gle [ˈsmʌgəl] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Low German; Origin: smuggeln and Dutch smokkelen] 1.) to take something or someone illegally from one country to another smuggle sth across sth ▪ The guns were smuggled across the border. smuggle sth… …

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  • 14smuggle — [[t]smʌ̱g(ə)l[/t]] smuggles, smuggling, smuggled VERB If someone smuggles things or people into a place or out of it, they take them there illegally or secretly. [V n] My message is If you try to smuggle drugs you are stupid ... [V n prep] Police …

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  • 15smuggle — UK [ˈsmʌɡ(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms smuggle : present tense I/you/we/they smuggle he/she/it smuggles present participle smuggling past tense smuggled past participle smuggled a) to take someone or something secretly and illegally… …

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  • 16smuggle — To smooch and huggle simultaneously. Now that I m married I only smuggle my husband …

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  • 17smuggle — To smooch and huggle simultaneously. Now that I m married I only smuggle my husband …

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  • 18smuggle — [c]/ˈsmʌgəl / (say smuguhl) verb (smuggled, smuggling) –verb (t) 1. to import or export (goods) secretly, without payment of legal duty or in violation of law. 2. to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously: she smuggled a file into prison inside… …

  • 19smuggle — / smʌg(ə)l/ verb to take goods illegally into a country or without declaring them to customs ● They had to smuggle the spare parts into the country …

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  • 20smuggle — verb (smuggled; smuggling) Etymology: Low German smuggeln & Dutch smokkelen Date: 1687 transitive verb 1. to import or export secretly contrary to the law and especially without paying duties imposed by law 2. to convey or introduce… …

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