smuggle
pronunciation
How to pronounce smuggle in British English:
UK [ˈsmʌɡl]
How to pronounce smuggle in American English:
US [ˈsmʌɡl]
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- Verb:
- import or export without paying customs duties
Word Origin
- smuggle
- smuggle: see smock
- smuggle (v.)
- "import or export secretly and contrary to law," 1680s, of Low German or Dutch origin (see smuggler). Related: Smuggled; smuggling.
Example
- 1. Elsewhere , legal shipments of ivory have been used to smuggle illegal ivory .
- 2. They smuggle drugs and guns and run the burgeoning sex industries of urban china .
- 3. Many can smuggle , trade , bribe , and grow food on individual plots .
- 4. Someone wanting to smuggle uranium or plutonium might shield their contraband from detection by a geiger counter using lead .
- 5. The man , who reportedly has a previous conviction for trying to smuggle the tiny creatures , was arrested .