Smuggle
verb
To take or bring goods secretly and illegally into or out of a country.
He was caught smuggling drugs across the border.
Often appears as...
- smuggle drugs
- smuggle goods
verb
To move (someone or something) secretly and illegally into or out of a location.
They smuggled the fugitive out of the country in a cargo ship.
Often appears as...
- smuggle people
- smuggle fugitive
verb
To bring something into a place secretly and quietly.
She managed to smuggle a snack into the cinema.
Often appears as...
- smuggle snack
- smuggle food
Usage tips
Informal
verb
To take or bring goods secretly and illegally into or out of a country.
He was caught smuggling drugs across the border.
Often appears as...
- smuggle drugs
- smuggle goods
verb
To move (someone or something) secretly and illegally into or out of a location.
They smuggled the fugitive out of the country in a cargo ship.
Often appears as...
- smuggle people
- smuggle fugitive
verb
To bring something into a place secretly and quietly.
She managed to smuggle a snack into the cinema.
Often appears as...
- smuggle snack
- smuggle food
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Illegal Activity
Smuggling always involves breaking the law, often with serious consequences.
They ran an operation smuggling contraband cigarettes.
Pro Tip 2/3Secretive Actions
The act of smuggling is done in secret to avoid detection by authorities.
Smugglers use hidden compartments to smuggle goods.
Pro Tip 3/3Border Importance
Smuggling often occurs at borders where goods are checked and regulated.
She was arrested for trying to smuggle jewelry across the border.
Pro Tip 1/3Illegal Activity
Smuggling always involves breaking the law, often with serious consequences.
They ran an operation smuggling contraband cigarettes.
Pro Tip 2/3Secretive Actions
The act of smuggling is done in secret to avoid detection by authorities.
Smugglers use hidden compartments to smuggle goods.
Pro Tip 3/3Border Importance
Smuggling often occurs at borders where goods are checked and regulated.
She was arrested for trying to smuggle jewelry across the border.
Pro Tip 1/3Illegal Activity
Smuggling always involves breaking the law, often with serious consequences.
They ran an operation smuggling contraband cigarettes.
Pro Tip 2/3Secretive Actions
The act of smuggling is done in secret to avoid detection by authorities.
Smugglers use hidden compartments to smuggle goods.
Pro Tip 3/3Border Importance
Smuggling often occurs at borders where goods are checked and regulated.
She was arrested for trying to smuggle jewelry across the border.
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Video examples
Inside al Qaeda PIPE...
people who live in these regions have been running their own affairs since time immemorial they are proud marshal and well resourced in part because they have built up a rich history of smuggling and other criminal enterprises that have enriched them amongst the drug
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How one person saved...
on the pretense of checking for typhus outbreaks. At first, her group worked to smuggle in resources with the help of sympathetic Polish officials and the medical underground. But as desperate parents began sending their children through sewers and over walls,
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Money for the Cartels PIPE...
used by the traffickers of course is you he's being paid by the cartel nearly half of Mexico's residents live below the poverty line the equivalent of a couple of hundred dollars can feed a family for a month some smuggled drugs and cash for the
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The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
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Baby Parrots Rescued...
wildlife trafficking often takes place under the cover of darkness one of the most common methods for smuggling animals out of the forest is by public transport the vets from the rescue center are trying to combat the trade
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Hubertus Knabe: The dark...
But the vertical specialization was also important to prevent all kinds of empathy with the object of observation. The agent who shadowed me didn't know who I was or why I was surveyed. In fact, I smuggled forbidden books
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Shaka Senghor: Why your...
with hostility to my confinement. And I found myself getting deeper and deeper into trouble. I ran black market stores, I loan sharked, and I sold drugs that were illegally smuggled into the prison. I had in fact become
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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
smuggled some heroin into jail, and he was very generously sharing it out with all of his colleagues. And so everyone lined up, all the smackheads in a row, and the guy whose birthday it was filled up the fit,
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Brave journeys by young...
they let me tell you a little about the three of them shamila kohistani she grew up under the Taliban she had no formal education her father at risk of his own life smuggled books into the house teach
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Busting a Stashhouse PIPE...
there is no time to waste the tip came in a few hours ago and narcotic stashes rarely stay in one place for long in this region drug smuggling is a well-oiled machine
Video examples
Inside al Qaeda PIPE...
people who live in these regions have been running their own affairs since time immemorial they are proud marshal and well resourced in part because they have built up a rich history of smuggling and other criminal enterprises that have enriched them amongst the drug
Video examples
How one person saved...
on the pretense of checking for typhus outbreaks. At first, her group worked to smuggle in resources with the help of sympathetic Polish officials and the medical underground. But as desperate parents began sending their children through sewers and over walls,
Video examples
Money for the Cartels PIPE...
used by the traffickers of course is you he's being paid by the cartel nearly half of Mexico's residents live below the poverty line the equivalent of a couple of hundred dollars can feed a family for a month some smuggled drugs and cash for the
Video examples
The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
Video examples
Baby Parrots Rescued...
wildlife trafficking often takes place under the cover of darkness one of the most common methods for smuggling animals out of the forest is by public transport the vets from the rescue center are trying to combat the trade
Video examples
Hubertus Knabe: The dark...
But the vertical specialization was also important to prevent all kinds of empathy with the object of observation. The agent who shadowed me didn't know who I was or why I was surveyed. In fact, I smuggled forbidden books
Video examples
Shaka Senghor: Why your...
with hostility to my confinement. And I found myself getting deeper and deeper into trouble. I ran black market stores, I loan sharked, and I sold drugs that were illegally smuggled into the prison. I had in fact become
Video examples
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
smuggled some heroin into jail, and he was very generously sharing it out with all of his colleagues. And so everyone lined up, all the smackheads in a row, and the guy whose birthday it was filled up the fit,
Video examples
Brave journeys by young...
they let me tell you a little about the three of them shamila kohistani she grew up under the Taliban she had no formal education her father at risk of his own life smuggled books into the house teach
Video examples
Busting a Stashhouse PIPE...
there is no time to waste the tip came in a few hours ago and narcotic stashes rarely stay in one place for long in this region drug smuggling is a well-oiled machine
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Quote examples
Neill Blomkamp
South African Director
I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.
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John McCain
American Politician
And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, 'Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
I have no problem with technological solutions to social problems. The key question for me is, 'Who gets to implement them?' and, 'What kinds of politics of reform do technological solutions smuggle through the back door?
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Sheikh Hasina
Bangladeshi Statesman
We will not allow any group to use our soil to launch a terror attack against any other country. Bangladesh is no longer an exporter of terrorism, nor is it a silk route for arms smuggling as it once was.
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Ajay Devgan
Indian Actor
Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues.
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John Walters
British Musician
It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
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John Steinbeck
American Author
I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?
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Ali Daei
Iranian Footballer
I used to leave home without my football uniform and my mother would smuggle it out for me so that I could play.
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Jose Mujica
Uruguayan Statesman
The fight against the drug smuggling is lost worldwide.
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Paul Kagame
Rwandan Leader
We cannot just be a corridor to smuggle minerals out.
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Neill Blomkamp
South African Director
I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, 'Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.
Quote examples
Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
I have no problem with technological solutions to social problems. The key question for me is, 'Who gets to implement them?' and, 'What kinds of politics of reform do technological solutions smuggle through the back door?
Quote examples
Sheikh Hasina
Bangladeshi Statesman
We will not allow any group to use our soil to launch a terror attack against any other country. Bangladesh is no longer an exporter of terrorism, nor is it a silk route for arms smuggling as it once was.
Quote examples
Ajay Devgan
Indian Actor
Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues.
Quote examples
John Walters
British Musician
It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
Quote examples
John Steinbeck
American Author
I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?
Quote examples
Ali Daei
Iranian Footballer
I used to leave home without my football uniform and my mother would smuggle it out for me so that I could play.
Quote examples
Jose Mujica
Uruguayan Statesman
The fight against the drug smuggling is lost worldwide.
Quote examples
Paul Kagame
Rwandan Leader
We cannot just be a corridor to smuggle minerals out.
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