Meaning | import or export without paying customs duties. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Model | They smuggle the food to the people; They smuggle the people the food |
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Example | "She smuggled cigarettes across the border" |
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Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
Broader | export | sell or transfer abroad |
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import | bring in from abroad |
Spanish | contrabandear |
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Nouns | smuggler | someone who imports or exports without paying duties |
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smuggling | secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due |