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1) (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).) tihotapiti2) (to send or take secretly: I smuggled some food out of the kitchen.) pretihotapiti•- smuggler- smuggling* * *[smʌgl]transitive verb & intransitive verbtihotapiti; pretihotapiti, vtihotapiti ( into v); spretno skriti; skrivaj zmakniti
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smuggle — v. 1) (D; tr.) to smuggle across (to smuggle goods across a border) 2) (D; tr.) to smuggle by, past, through (to smuggle a diamond past customs) 3) (D; tr.) to smuggle into (to smuggle currency into a country) 4) (D; tr.) to smuggle out of (to… … Combinatory dictionary
smuggle — smug‧gle [ˈsmʌgl] verb [transitive] LAW to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle something into/out of • They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. • The silver was found in Yugoslavia and smuggled… … Financial and business terms
smuggle — 01. He was arrested for trying to [smuggle] drugs across the border. 02. In certain countries, drug [smugglers] are sentenced to death. 03. The plane crashed after a bomb which had been [smuggled] on board by a suicidal man exploded in the… … Grammatical examples in English
smuggle — verb (T) 1 to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle sth into/out of: They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. | smuggle sth through customs (=to illegally take something past the officials who check… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
smuggle — smug|gle [ˈsmʌgəl] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Low German; Origin: smuggeln and Dutch smokkelen] 1.) to take something or someone illegally from one country to another smuggle sth across sth ▪ The guns were smuggled across the border. smuggle sth… … Dictionary of contemporary English
smuggle — UK [ˈsmʌɡ(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms smuggle : present tense I/you/we/they smuggle he/she/it smuggles present participle smuggling past tense smuggled past participle smuggled a) to take someone or something secretly and illegally… … English dictionary
smuggle — / smʌg(ə)l/ verb to take goods illegally into a country or without declaring them to customs ● They had to smuggle the spare parts into the country … Marketing dictionary in english
smuggle — smug|gle [ smʌgl ] verb transitive to take someone or something secretly and illegally into or out of a country, especially as a way of earning money: The punishment is harsh for smuggling drugs into the country. a. to take someone or something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
smuggle — ► VERB 1) move (goods) illegally into or out of a country. 2) convey secretly and illicitly. DERIVATIVES smuggler noun smuggling noun. ORIGIN Low German smuggelen … English terms dictionary
smuggle — [smug′əl] vt. smuggled, smuggling [< LowG smuggeln, akin to OE smugan, to creep: for IE base see SMOCK] 1. to bring into or take out of a country secretly, under illegal conditions or without paying the required import or export duties 2. to… … English World dictionary
smuggle — verb ADVERB ▪ secretly ▪ illegally ▪ aboard, in, out ▪ He managed to smuggle out a note from prison. VERB + SMUGGLE … Collocations dictionary