What does smuggling mean?
Definitions for smuggling
smug·gling
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Princeton's WordNet
smugglingnoun
secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
Wiktionary
smugglingnoun
An act of smuggling.
Wikipedia
Smuggling
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
smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of goods or individuals, such as illegal drugs, weapons, humans, or other contraband, across borders or territories, typically with the goal of avoiding detection by legal authorities and evading taxes or other restrictions. It often involves organized crime networks or individuals who exploit differences in supply and demand between countries or regions.
Webster Dictionary
Smuggling
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Wikidata
Smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of goods or persons, such as out of a building, 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, in illegal immigration or illegal emigration, tax evasion, providing contraband to a prison inmate, or the theft of the items being smuggled. Examples of non-financial motivations include bringing banned items past a security checkpoint or the removal of classified documents from a government or corporate office. Smuggling is a common theme in literature, from Bizet's Carmen to the James Bond books Diamonds are Forever and Goldfinger.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
smuggling
Defrauding the public revenue by importing or exporting goods without paying the customs dues chargeable upon them.
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The numerical value of smuggling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of smuggling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of smuggling in a Sentence
Henry has been smuggling guns on commercial airliners for years, for at least five years.
Each illegally traded horn or tusk represents not an antique object but a dead animal. Wildlife trafficking entails poaching, bribery, smuggling and organized crime.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:
Arms smuggling is behind many acts of terrorism.
Walls have proven to be extremely effective at deterring illegal entries and the smuggling of illicit drugs into the United States.
I can not communicate this message too strongly that individuals should not put their life savings in the hands of smuggling organizations that exploit their vulnerability, the border is not open.
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- تهريبArabic
- SchmuggelGerman
- contrabandoSpanish
- salakuljetusFinnish
- trafiqueFrench
- contrabandoInterlingua
- contrabbandoItalian
- 密航, 密輸Japanese
- криумчарење, шверцањеMacedonian
- smokkelDutch
- contrabandoPortuguese
- контрабандаRussian
- smugglingSwedish
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