smuggle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb import or export without paying customs duties
    • She smuggled cigarettes across the border

WordNet

Smug"gle transitive verb
Etymology
Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. smgan to creep. See Smock.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Smuggled ; present participle & verbal noun Smuggling
Definitions
  1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.
  2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
Smug"gle intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To import or export in violation of the customs laws.

Webster 1913