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smuggled

  • past participle
    of smuggle.
    smuggle
    verb (used with object)
    to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
  • past tense form
    of smuggle.
    smuggle
    verb (used with object)
    to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.

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The President was smuggled in a catering container, so serious is the threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

A video also smuggled out of prison showed him singing a patriotic song in the prison yard ahead of execution.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Over the past six months, prices for smuggled Nvidia chips have more than doubled, according to Chinese distributors, due to tightened U.S. enforcement and shipping delays in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

According to the real Asa, their parents had smuggled her out of the village at a young age but weren’t able to take Yuru with them.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Somehow Leah smuggled Maggie out of Troy that night and brought her to a hotel in nearby Albany to recover.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock