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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Kurdish opposition parties, while acknowledging deep ties with Kurdish areas in Iran, likewise deny they are smuggling weapons to arm protesters.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
"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
“If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you,” he said.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 2018
While some people are smuggling the birds for themselves, others are bird mules hired for the job.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2015
“So if we saw smugglers they are smuggling something besides precious stones,” said the girl gaily.
From Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands by Alice B. Emerson
