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Webster 1913 Edition
Smuggle
Smug′gle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smuggled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smuggling
.] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG.
smuggeln
, D. smokkelen
, G. schmuggeln
, Dan. smugle
, Sw. smyga
to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug
secretly, D. smuigen
to eat in secret, AS. sm[GREEK]gan
to creep. See Smock
.] 1.
To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law;
as, to
. smuggle
lace2.
Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
Smug′gle
,Verb.
I.
To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
Webster 1828 Edition
Smuggle
SMUG'GLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To import or export secretly goods which are forbidden by the goverment to be imported or exported; or secretly to import or export dutiable goods without paying the duties imposed by law; to run.2.
To convey clandestinely.Definition 2024
smuggle
smuggle
English
Alternative forms
- smuckle (dialectal)
Verb
smuggle (third-person singular simple present smuggles, present participle smuggling, simple past and past participle smuggled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
- (transitive) To bring in surreptitiously
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
- While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
- (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.
Derived terms
Translations
to import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
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to thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner