What does smuggler mean?

Definitions for smuggler
smug·gler

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-cursernoun

    someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Wiktionary

  1. smugglernoun

    One who smuggles things.

  2. smugglernoun

    A vessel employed in smuggling.

  3. Etymology: From smuggle + -er

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Smugglernoun

    A wretch, who, in defiance of justice and the laws, imports or exports goods either contraband or without payment of the customs.

    Etymology: from smuggle.

Wikipedia

  1. Smuggler

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. smuggler

    A smuggler is an individual who transports illegal or prohibited goods, such as drugs or contraband, across boundaries or borders without the necessary authorization or without paying the appropriate customs duties. This often involves secretive methods and routes to avoid detection by authorities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Smugglernoun

    one who smuggles

  2. Smugglernoun

    a vessel employed in smuggling

Wikidata

  1. Smuggler

    Smuggler is a fictional character in Marvel Comics as a superhero.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of smuggler in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of smuggler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of smuggler in a Sentence

  1. Kevin McAleenan:

    If you have a Honduran family or an El Salvadoran national, instead of them having to pay a smuggler, come all the way to our border to seek asylum, when they arrive in Guatemala they're in a country that has a fair proceeding for assessing asylum claims and that's where they should make that claim.

  2. Dan Stein:

    Trump's tough talk tells you all you need to know, it's the language people understand. It's obviously the language people on the other side of this issue dislike, but ... it's a sad fact but people try to game the system. There's a huge amount of demand to try to live in a country like the United States, so in the end, the only way you can make sure everybody plays the rules and ensure fairness is by making sure no one can jump the line, so tough talk, making sure that anyone, smuggler, alien, that they get it.

  3. Mark Shaw:

    Libya is a smuggler's paradise and the inflatable boats fit the bill for a cheap, disposable craft, for people on the inflatable boat side of it, it's a no-brainer to move them in there. To bring in a container of them in would not be particularly hard.

  4. Aylan Kurdi:

    I thought about driving the boat but I didn't do it. That is all lies, this is not true. If I was a people smuggler, why would I put my family in the same boat as the other people? I paid the same amount to the people smugglers.

  5. Shakila Ahmadi:

    We can't afford a smuggler. We left Kunduz with nothing, we need to find another way.

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