Smuggle (Verb)
Meaning
Import or export without paying customs duties; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- He was arrested at the airport for trying to smuggle a large amount of cash into the country.
- She managed to smuggle a few bottles of expensive wine past customs without paying any duties.
- The group of thieves smuggled stolen electronics out of the factory hidden inside boxes of legitimate goods.
- He was caught smuggling a shipment of counterfeited luxury watches into the port city.
- The driver was accused of smuggling untaxed cigarettes from a neighboring state.