smuggle

  • 21smuggle — smuggler, n. /smug euhl/, v., smuggled, smuggling. v.t. 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 …

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  • 22smuggle — verb /ˈsmʌɡəl/ a) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties b) (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bears claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a persons arms in a bearlike manner …

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  • 23smuggle — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bring in contraband, slip by the customs, get around the customs, run contraband*; see hide 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. sneak in, bring in, run, *bootleg, import illegally, traffic, deal in contraband. III (Roget s …

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  • 24smuggle — smug|gle [ smʌgl ] verb transitive to take someone or something secretly and illegally into or out of a country, especially as a way of earning money: The punishment is harsh for smuggling drugs into the country. a. to take someone or something… …

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  • 25smuggle — see SMOCK …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 26smuggle — smug·gle || smÊŒgl v. import or export illegally; bring in or take out secretly …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27smuggle in — v. import illegally; bring in secretly …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28smuggle — verb 1》 move (goods) illegally into or out of a country. 2》 convey secretly and illicitly. Derivatives smuggler noun smuggling noun Origin C17: from Low Ger. smuggelen …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29smuggle — v (all illegally) import, bring in, sneak in; export, send out, take out, sneak out; transport, run, convey, traffic, U.S. bootleg …

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  • 30smuggle — smug·gle …

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