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Smuggle Smuggled Country V Smug‧Gle ˈsmʌɡəl Verb Transitive

Term smuggle (v.)
Synonym smug‧gle /ˈsmʌɡəl/ verb [transitive]

1. to take something or someone illegally from one country to another


2. informal to take something or someone secretly to a place where they are not allowed to be

Meaning

(1)
smuggle something across something

-> The guns were smuggled across the border.


smuggle something into/out of/from something

-> Illegal immigrants are smuggled into the country by boat.


(2)
smuggle something into something
-> He smuggled his notes into the exam.

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