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smuggling

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smug·gle  (smgl)
v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles
v.tr.
1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties.
2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth.
v.intr.
To engage in smuggling.

[Probably Low German smukkeln, smuggeln or Middle Dutch smokkelen.]

smuggler n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.smuggling - secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
importation, importing - the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
gunrunning - the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
Translations
smuggling [ˈsmʌglɪŋ]
A. Ncontrabando m
B. CPD smuggling ring Nred f de contrabando, red f de contrabandistas

smuggling [ˈsmʌgəlɪŋ] ncontrebande f

smuggling
nSchmuggel m

smuggling [ˈsmʌglɪŋ] ncontrabbando

smuggling تهريب pašování smugleri Schmuggeln λαθρεμπόριο contrabando salakuljetus contrebande krijumčarenje contrabbando 密輸 밀수 smokkelen smugling przemyt contrabando контрабанда smuggling การลักลอบนำเข้า kaçakçılık sự buôn lậu 走私


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There is wild talk of cannon aboard, and of strange raids and expeditions she may make, ranging from opium smuggling into the States and arms smuggling into China, to blackbirding and open piracy.
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