: to import or export something in violation of the customs laws
Example Sentences
He was arrested for smuggling drugs into the country. They smuggled immigrants across the border. The paintings had been smuggled out of the country before the war. We smuggled his favorite sandwich past the nurse.
Recent Examples on the WebThe outpost is near a major land supply route used by Iran to smuggle arms into Syria and to its Hezbollah allies. Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Perez allegedly used others to smuggle some of the animals, the indictment states.San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022 The change is being made to try and head off a trend of people soaking letters in drugs to smuggle them past authorities. Maysoon Khan, ajc, 14 Aug. 2022 Witnesses told police after the shooting that Wortman would disassemble the firearms and roll them up in his pickup truck’s payload cover to smuggle them across the border. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Two men have been charged in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 70 migrants each through a border patrol checkpoint in Texas, weeks after the deadliest human trafficking incident in U.S. history. Luke Barr, ABC News, 13 July 2022 Attempting to smuggle one on board, even accidentally, can result in civil penalties costing thousands of dollars. Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 July 2022 An East Hartford man was arrested Wednesday in Boston for allegedly attempting to smuggle an individual from Brazil into the United States. Ahjané Forbes, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2022 Yen-Tsun Huang, of Austin, was sentenced to 90 months in prison on Thursday for attempting to smuggle meth into the country, the Department of Justice said. Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 28 June 2022 See More