What does smuggled mean?
Definitions for smuggled
smug·gled
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word smuggled.
Princeton's WordNet
bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggledadjective
distributed or sold illicitly
"the black economy pays no taxes"
ChatGPT
smuggled
Smuggled refers to the act of secretly and illegally transporting goods or people, often across borders, in violation of laws or regulations. This is typically done to avoid paying taxes, or to transport prohibited or restricted items or undocumented individuals.
Webster Dictionary
Smuggled
of Smuggle
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smuggled in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smuggled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of smuggled in a Sentence
Meth seizures along the border increased 255-percent from over 8,400 kilograms in 2012 to 30,081 kilograms — that’s the weight of an average loaded cement truck — in 2017. ( U.S. Customs and Border Protection) We are seeing very large seizures of methamphetamine being smuggled across the border into the U.S..
This petition was bravely smuggled from West Papua across the border into Papua New Guinea then to Europe.
Identifying close relatives indicates that poachers are likely going back to the same populations repeatedly -- year after year -- and tusks are then acquired and smuggled out of Central Africa on container ships by the same criminal network, this criminal strategy makes it much harder for authorities to track and seize these shipments because of the immense pressure they are under to move large volumes of containers quickly through ports.
Many artifacts have been smuggled abroad.
These false allegations distract from the important work of finding solutions to a complex public health crisis by placing blame where it does not belong. Government data consistently makes clear that our nation's opioid crisis is growing rapidly because of illicit fentanyl and heroin smuggled in from China and Mexico, we strongly deny these allegations, which are inconsistent with the factual record, and will vigorously defend against them.
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