smuggle
verb (used with object)
to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
are smuggling
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present progressiveof smuggle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Because the government are also saying the weights of these containers haven't changed, does that mean that they are smuggling out ivory and then getting new ivory and simply replacing the old?"
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022
“Some trucks for example, are supposed to be water trucks but they are smuggling out human beings. And of course, if they can take out humans, they can bring in weapons,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
“If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you,” he said.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 2018
In the coming year, I’d like to be assured that rebels are smuggling bologna of no known provenance into the arena.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2012
"But, sir, if these people are smuggling brandy into England—" Willis was beginning when the other interrupted him.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills
