smuggle

🇺🇸 /ˈsmʌɡl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsmʌɡl/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-C1
verb
R

to secretly move things or people into or out of a place without permission, especially across borders

He tried to smuggle rare birds into the country hidden in his luggage.

translation

v. to secretly move things or people into or out of a place without permission, especially across borders

Word Forms

3rd Present smuggles
Past smuggled
Perfect smuggled
Progressive smuggling