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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Americans are smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel after a TikTok trend emptied store shelves.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
"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
There are disquieting rumors that the Carlists are smuggling large quantities of arms into Spain from France, and it is thought that the long-deferred rising will occur very shortly.
From The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, November 4, 1897, No. 52 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
