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UK
/smˈʌɡlɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈsməɡəɫɪŋ, ˈsməɡɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsməɡəɫɪŋ, ˈsməɡɫɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
How To Use smuggling In A Sentence
- So long as there is a demand for the produce, illegal excavations and the smuggling of antiquities will continue.
- They operated a drug-smuggling business under the guise of an employment agency.
- On Friday Hall faces trial on charges of smuggling drugs. Times, Sunday Times
- He said that he had bought it for 20 euros to use as a doorstop or ornament, but the authorities said it was marble and accused him of smuggling antiquities.
- Two British flyers are awaiting trial on smuggling charges. Times, Sunday Times
- In reality, she was a former drug addict who spent three years behind bars for smuggling drugs into jail. The Sun
- Revenue was also busy cracking illegal cigarette and tobacco smuggling.
- Illegal logging and timber smuggling influenced the policy and caused price rises for wood domestically.
- Some people made a lot of money smuggling refugees, and they were pretty ruthless with anyone they regarded as competition. WALL GAMES
- These charges range from weapons smuggling to illegally wiring large sums of money into the United States.
