Definitions of smuggle [ˈsmʌg əl]

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Definition of 'smuggle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) smuggle
to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, esp. without payment of legal duty.

2. smuggle
to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously.

3. (v.i.) smuggle
to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.

Etymology: (1680–90; < LG smuggeln; c. G schmuggeln)

Definition of 'smuggle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) smuggle
import or export without paying customs duties
"She smuggled cigarettes across the border"

Definition of 'smuggle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) smuggle
to take illegally across a border
He was arrested for smuggling drugs into the country.

Definition of 'smuggle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) smuggle
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. (verb) smuggle
fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely

3. (verb) smuggle
to import or export in violation of the customs laws

Translation of 'smuggle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to bring (goods) into, or send them out from, a country illegally, or without paying duty He was caught smuggling (several thousand cigarettes through the Customs).
Afrikaans: smokkel	Arabic: يُهَرِّب	Bulgarian: внасям контрабандно
Brazilian: fazer contrabando	Czech: pašovat	German: schmuggeln
Danish: smugle	Greek: περνώ κτ. λαθραία, κάνω λ	Spanish: pasar de contrabando
Estonian: salakaubana vedama	Farsi: قاچاقي وارد و خارج كردن	Finnish: salakuljettaa
French: faire de la contrebande	Hebrew: לְהַברִיחַ	Hindi: तस्करी करना
Croatian: krijumčariti	Hungarian: csempészik	Indonesian: menyelundupkan
Icelandic: smygla	Italian: contrabbandare	Japanese: 密輸する
Korean: 밀수하다	Lithuanian: verstis kontrabanda, gabe	Latvian: nelegāli ievest (valstī);
Malay: menyeludup	Dutch: smokkelen	Norwegian: smugle
Polish: przemycać	Persian: قاچاقي وارد و خارج كردن	Pashto: په قاچاق وړفل، ګريزي وړل،
Portuguese: fazer contrabando	Romanian: a face contrabandă	Russian: провозить контрабандой
Slovak: pašovať	Slovenian: tihotapiti	Serbian: krijumčariti
Swedish: smuggla	Thai: ลักลอบนำสินค้าเข้าหรือออก	Turkish: kaçakçılık yapmak
Taiwanese: 走私，偷運	Ukrainian: займатися контрабандою	Urdu: ناجائز طور پر در آمد بر آ
Vietnamese: buôn lậu	Chinese: 走私，偷运
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