26984 words

smuggling

2 definitions • 5 examples
1
the act or process of taking things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally:

Examples:

The murdered man is thought to have been involved in drug smuggling.
Nine people are in custody in the Netherlands charged with people smuggling.
2
the crime of taking goods or people into or out of a country illegally:

Examples:

drug/human/tobacco smuggling
A major trend in the smuggling of intellectual property these days is microchips.

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