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smuggled

smuggled is the simple past and past participle of smuggle.

Meaning of smuggle

Verb

smuggle (third-person singular simple present smuggles, present participle smuggling, simple past and past participle smuggled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
    • A lorry driver who smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK in the back of his trailer has been jailed.2018 July 20, “Lorry driver jailed for smuggling illegal immigrants into UK”, in cps.gov.uk, London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 20 Jul 2018
    Synonyms:
    run
  2. (transitive) To bring in surreptitiously
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
      While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love...
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To fondle or cuddle.
  4. (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.
    • England finally found some urgency in the closing stages, when O'Reilly held his head in his hands after hitting the woodwork, with Guehi similarly disappointed to see his header smuggled off the line.2026 June 23, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Ghana”, in BBC

Phrases with smuggled

Questions about smuggled

What is smuggled the simple past and past participle of?
Smuggled is the simple past and past participle of smuggle.

Words near smuggled in the dictionary

  1. smuggishness
  2. smugglable
  3. smuggle
  4. smuggle past
  5. smuggleable
  6. smuggled
  7. smuggled past
  8. smuggler
  9. smuggler's bible
  10. smuggler's Bibles
  11. smuggler's moon

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