smuggle

3 definitions • 9 examples

to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally:

She was caught trying to smuggle 26 kilos of heroin out of/into the country.

They managed to smuggle a video of the captive journalists out of the prison.

to take things or people to or from a country or place illegally and secretly:

He was caught trying to smuggle goods across the border.

to take goods or people into or out of a country illegally:

He was sentenced to 65 months in prison for smuggling 14 kilograms of cocaine.

smuggle sb/sth into somewhere The three immigrants were smuggled into Florida.

smuggle sb/sth in Customs officials believe up to 100 pets are smuggled in each week.

smuggle sb/sth out of somewhere The money was smuggled out of the country.

smuggle sb/sth out A third of all the maize-meal milled in Zambia is smuggled out.

The people were smuggled across the border.