smuggle
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smug·gle
(smŭg′əl)v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles
v.tr.
1.
a. To bring into a country (a prohibited item) secretively and intentionally, in violation of the law.
b. To bring into a country (an item) secretively and intentionally without declaring the item to customs officials and paying the associated duties or taxes on it, in violation of the law.
2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth: smuggled homemade popcorn into the theater.
v.intr.
To engage in smuggling.
[Probably Low German smukkeln, smuggeln or Middle Dutch smokkelen.]
smug′gler n.
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smuggle
(ˈsmʌɡəl)vb
1. (Law) to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly
2. (tr; often foll by into or out of) to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules
3. (foll by: away) to conceal; hide
[C17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūga]
ˈsmuggler n
ˈsmuggling n
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smug•gle
(ˈsmʌg əl)v. -gled, -gling. 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.
v.i. 3. to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.
[1680–90; < Low German smuggeln; c. German schmuggeln]
smug′gler, n.
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smuggle
Past participle: smuggled
Gerund: smuggling
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| Verb | 1. | smuggle - import or export without paying customs duties; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) import - bring in from abroad export - sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance" |
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smuggle
verb sneak, spirit, slip, bring illegally Had it really been impossible to find someone who could smuggle out a letter?
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smuggle
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smuggle
[ˈsmʌgl]A. VT (= bring or take secretly) → pasar de contrabando
smuggled goods → mercancías fpl de contrabando
to smuggle goods in/out → meter/sacar mercancías de contrabando
to smuggle sth past or through Customs → pasar algo de contrabando por la aduana
to smuggle sb out in disguise → pasar a algn disfrazado
smuggled goods → mercancías fpl de contrabando
to smuggle goods in/out → meter/sacar mercancías de contrabando
to smuggle sth past or through Customs → pasar algo de contrabando por la aduana
to smuggle sb out in disguise → pasar a algn disfrazado
B. VI → hacer contrabando, dedicarse al contrabando
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smuggle
(ˈsmagl) verb1. to bring (goods) into, or send them out from, a country illegally, or without paying duty. He was caught smuggling (several thousand cigarettes through the Customs).pasar de contrabando
2. to send or take secretly. I smuggled some food out of the kitchen. pasar a escondidas
ˈsmuggler noun a person who smuggles. contrabandista
ˈsmuggling nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
smuggle
→ pasar de contrabandoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009