Definitions for smuggle
ˈsmʌg əlsmug·gle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smuggleverb

   import or export without paying customs duties

   "She smuggled cigarettes across the border"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smuggleverb

   To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties

2. smuggleverb

   To bring in surreptitiously

3. smuggleverb

   To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SMUGGLEverb

   To import or export goods without paying the customs.

   Etymology: smockelen, Dutch.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smuggle

   Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various motivations to smuggle. These include the participation in illegal trade, such as in the drug trade, illegal weapons trade, prostitution, human trafficking, kidnapping, exotic wildlife trade, art theft, heists, chop shops, illegal immigration or illegal emigration, tax evasion, import/export restrictions, providing contraband to prison inmates, or the theft of the items being smuggled. Smuggling is a common theme in literature, from Bizet's opera Carmen to the James Bond spy books (and later films) Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger.

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1. smuggle

   To smuggle is to transport or import goods or persons secretly, illegally, or by illicit methods, often across international borders, to avoid taxes, import/export restrictions, or other governmental regulations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smuggleverb

   to import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace

2. Smuggleverb

   fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely

3. Smuggleverb

   to import or export in violation of the customs laws

4. Etymology: [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. smgan to creep. See Smock.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smuggle

   smug′l, v.t. to import or export without paying the legal duty: to convey secretly.—ns. Smugg′ler, one who smuggles: a vessel used in smuggling; Smugg′ling, defrauding the government of revenue by the evasion of custom-duties or excise-taxes. [Low Ger. smuggeln, cog. with Ger. schmuggeln; Dut. smuigen, to eat secretly.]

2. Smuggle

   smug′l, v.t. to fondle, cuddle.

Matched Categories

1. • Export
   • Import

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Anagrams for smuggle »

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2. Muggles

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smuggle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smuggle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of smuggle in a Sentence

1. Texas DPS spokesman Christopher Olivarez:

   That is why we are experiencing an increase in human smuggling events along the border, many individuals from larger metropolitan areas such as Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and even out of state are being recruited as drivers through social media platforms to smuggle illegal immigrants.

2. Mark Toner:

   We reject outright the premise that the Turkish Government is in league with ISIL to smuggle oil across its borders, and we frankly see no evidence – none – to support such an accusation.

3. Rani Amir:

   We don’t think it had another aim, the aim was to smuggle oil illegally from Iran to Syria.

4. Richard Donoghue:

   As alleged in the indictment, Elorza is not only a drug trafficker, he also betrayed a veterinarian’s pledge to prevent animal suffering when he used his surgical skills in a cruel scheme to smuggle heroin in the abdomens of puppies, dogs are man's best friend and, as the defendant is about to learn, we are drug dealers’ worst enemy.

5. Twafik Alskir:

   A Russian-flagged oil tanker was captured this afternoon when it tried to smuggle oil off Zawara.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=smuggle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smuggle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=smuggle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smuggle
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=smuggle
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=smuggle