smuggle — ozdic

Collocations

6

1

(verb.)

ADV

secretly | aboard, abroad, in, out

VERB + SMUGGLE

try to | manage to

PREP

into

Stolen paintings were smuggled into the country hidden inside old furniture.

out of

The refugees were smuggled out of the war zone by humanitarian workers.

Definitions

verb

1

To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties

A lorry driver who smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK in the back of his trailer has been jailed.

2

To bring in surreptitiously

22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ 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.

3

To fondle or cuddle.

4

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.

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Example Bank

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01

A lorry driver who smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK in the back of his trailer has been jailed.

Wiktionary

02

22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly ele

Wiktionary

03

Mary tried to smuggle a hacksaw blade into the prison inside a cake.

Tatoeba · #1922281

04

He was sent to solitary confinement after he tried to smuggle cocaine into his cell.

Tatoeba · #8165591

05

She attempted to smuggle diamonds into Algeria.

Tatoeba · #8168438

06

The tunnel was used to smuggle contraband across the border.

Tatoeba · #12381075

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, smuggle is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.