smuggle
IPA: smˈʌgʌɫ
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
- (transitive) To bring in surreptitiously
- (transitive, obsolete) To fondle or cuddle.
- (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.
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Examples of "smuggle" in Sentences
- The criminal attempted to smuggle drugs across the border in the hidden compartment of his vehicle
- The spy was caught trying to smuggle classified information out of the country
- The rebels managed to smuggle weapons past security and into the war-torn region
- The wildlife traffickers were arrested for attempting to smuggle endangered species out of the country
- The prisoner tried to smuggle a makeshift weapon into the jail by hiding it in his sock
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