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See more synonyms for smuggle on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), smug·gled, smug·gling. to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty. to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously: She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake. Show More
verb (used without object), smug·gled, smug·gling. to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law. Show More
Origin of smuggle 1680–90; < Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
Related forms smug·gler , noun an·ti·smug·gling , adjective un·smug·gled , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for smuggler Contemporary Examples of smuggler Finding a smuggler in Ventimiglia is easier than finding good food.
“We met the smuggler in the train station; he came to speak with us about the services he provided,” Yazbek says.
“When the smuggler boat is ready, they call you,” Saed says.
When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.
In another, meant for viewers in El Salvador, shadows on a wall illustrate a conversation between a teenage boy and a smuggler .
Historical Examples of smuggler Then it is no hoax after all; and I've been sitting down to dinner with a smuggler !'
I am, as you know, a smuggler ; and I must send this lace on shore.
The weapon was a long, heavy carbine, which had doubtless belonged to some smuggler .
In his youth he had sailed on a smuggler , running in from Whitehaven with spirits.
Of a smuggler , a large proportion of our people think no wrong.
British Dictionary definitions for smuggler to import or export (prohibited or dutiable goods) secretly (tr; often foll by into or out of) to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules (tr foll by away ) to conceal; hide Show More
Derived Forms smuggler , noun smuggling , noun Word Origin for smuggle C17: from Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūga
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Word Origin and History for smuggler n. 1660s, from Low German smuggeln or Dutch smokkelen "to transport (goods) illegally," apparently a frequentative formation of a word meaning "to sneak" (from Proto-Germanic *smuganan ; cf. Dutch smuigen "to eat secretly;" Swedish smyg "a lurking-hole," Danish smughandel "contraband trade," Norwegian smjuga , Old English smeogan "to creep"), perhaps literally "to slip (contraband through)," from Proto-Germanic *(s)muk- (see smock ).
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v. "import or export secretly and contrary to law," 1680s, of Low German or Dutch origin (see smuggler ). Related: Smuggled ; smuggling .
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