smuggle

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈsmʌɡəl/

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Verb

Plain form smuggle

Third-person singular smuggles

Past tense smuggled

Past participle smuggled

Present participle smuggling

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you smuggle something, you transport goods without paying taxes or duties.

   He has been smuggling cigarettes from the United Kingdom to France.

Related words

• smuggling
• smuggler
• contraband