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smuggled

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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.
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Adj.1.smuggled - distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
black-market, bootleg, contraband, black
illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"


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And when I say "drinking," I speak not of smuggled gin or of brandy bottles held fiercely by the neck till they are empty.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Once, when a lady had dropped her purse on the sidewalk, the gnarled woman had grabbed it and smuggled it with great dexterity beneath her cloak.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
Every day or two, during this time of sorrow, Tom watched his opportunity and went to the little grated jail-window and smuggled such small comforts through to the "murderer" as he could get hold of.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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