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While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.
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Meaning of "smuggle" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMUGGLE

From Low German smukkelen and Dutch smokkelen, perhaps from Old English smūgen to creep; related to Old Norse smjūga.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SMUGGLE

smuggle  [ˈsmʌɡəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMUGGLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smuggle is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smuggle in English.

WHAT DOES SMUGGLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

smuggle

Smuggling

Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects or people, such as out of a building, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various motivations to smuggle. These include the participation in illegal trade, such as in the drug trade, in illegal immigration or illegal emigration, tax evasion, providing contraband to a prison inmate, or the theft of the items being smuggled. Examples of non-financial motivations include bringing banned items past a security checkpoint or the removal of classified documents from a government or corporate office. Smuggling is a common theme in literature, from Bizet's Carmen to the James Bond books Diamonds are Forever and Goldfinger.

Definition of smuggle in the English dictionary

The first definition of smuggle in the dictionary is to import or export secretly. Other definition of smuggle is to bring or take secretly, as against the law or rules. Smuggle is also foll by away to conceal; hide.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMUGGLE

PRESENT

Present
I smuggle
you smuggle
he/she/it smuggles
we smuggle
you smuggle
they smuggle
Present continuous
I am smuggling
you are smuggling
he/she/it is smuggling
we are smuggling
you are smuggling
they are smuggling
Present perfect
I have smuggled
you have smuggled
he/she/it has smuggled
we have smuggled
you have smuggled
they have smuggled
Present perfect continuous
I have been smuggling
you have been smuggling
he/she/it has been smuggling
we have been smuggling
you have been smuggling
they have been smuggling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I smuggled
you smuggled
he/she/it smuggled
we smuggled
you smuggled
they smuggled
Past continuous
I was smuggling
you were smuggling
he/she/it was smuggling
we were smuggling
you were smuggling
they were smuggling
Past perfect
I had smuggled
you had smuggled
he/she/it had smuggled
we had smuggled
you had smuggled
they had smuggled
Past perfect continuous
I had been smuggling
you had been smuggling
he/she/it had been smuggling
we had been smuggling
you had been smuggling
they had been smuggling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will smuggle
you will smuggle
he/she/it will smuggle
we will smuggle
you will smuggle
they will smuggle
Future continuous
I will be smuggling
you will be smuggling
he/she/it will be smuggling
we will be smuggling
you will be smuggling
they will be smuggling
Future perfect
I will have smuggled
you will have smuggled
he/she/it will have smuggled
we will have smuggled
you will have smuggled
they will have smuggled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been smuggling
you will have been smuggling
he/she/it will have been smuggling
we will have been smuggling
you will have been smuggling
they will have been smuggling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would smuggle
you would smuggle
he/she/it would smuggle
we would smuggle
you would smuggle
they would smuggle
Conditional continuous
I would be smuggling
you would be smuggling
he/she/it would be smuggling
we would be smuggling
you would be smuggling
they would be smuggling
Conditional perfect
I would have smuggle
you would have smuggle
he/she/it would have smuggle
we would have smuggle
you would have smuggle
they would have smuggle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been smuggling
you would have been smuggling
he/she/it would have been smuggling
we would have been smuggling
you would have been smuggling
they would have been smuggling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you smuggle
we let´s smuggle
you smuggle
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to smuggle
Past participle
smuggled
Present Participle
smuggling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMUGGLE


angle
ˈæŋɡəl
eagle
ˈiːɡəl
Google
ˈɡuːɡəl
guggle
ˈɡʌɡəl
illegal
ɪˈliːɡəl
juggle
ˈdʒʌɡəl
jungle
ˈdʒʌŋɡəl
legal
ˈliːɡəl
misguggle
mɪsˈɡʌɡəl
mishguggle
mɪʃˈɡʌɡəl
muggle
ˈmʌɡəl
outjuggle
ˌaʊtˈdʒʌɡəl
Portugal
ˈpɔːtjʊɡəl
puggle
ˈpʌɡəl
rejuggle
riːˈdʒʌɡəl
single
ˈsɪŋɡəl
snuggle
ˈsnʌɡəl
struggle
ˈstrʌɡəl
toggle
ˈtɒɡəl
triangle
ˈtraɪˌæŋɡəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMUGGLE

smudgeless
smudger
smudgily
smudginess
smudging
smudgy
smug
smugger
smuggery
smuggest
smuggler
smuggling
smuggling ring
smugly
smugness
smur
smurfing
smurred
smurring
smurry

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMUGGLE

boggle
boondoggle
class struggle
for a giggle
gaggle
giggle
goggle
haggle
hornswoggle
jiggle
niggle
power struggle
raggle
raggle-taggle
squiggle
straggle
the class struggle
the struggle
wiggle
wriggle

Synonyms and antonyms of smuggle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SMUGGLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «smuggle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of smuggle
slip · sneak · spirit

Translation of «smuggle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMUGGLE

Find out the translation of smuggle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smuggle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smuggle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

走私
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasar de contrabando
570 millions of speakers

English

smuggle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तस्करी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُهَرِّبُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

провозить контрабандой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contrabandear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাচার করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire de la contrebande
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyeludupan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schmuggeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

密輸する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밀수입하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smuggle
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buôn lậu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चोरुन आणणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizlice sokmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contrabbandare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przemycić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

провозити контрабандою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a aduce pe furiș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνω λαθρεμπόριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smokkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smuggla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smugle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smuggle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMUGGLE»

The term «smuggle» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.052 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMUGGLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smuggle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smuggle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smuggle

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5 QUOTES WITH «SMUGGLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word smuggle.
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Michael Apted
It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis.
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Richard Engel
'Shabiha' is a difficult word to translate into English. It comes from the word Syrians used to describe the luxury Mercedes favored by the Assad family's operatives that the enforcers of the regime used to move money, smuggle weapons and intimidate opponents.
3
Michael Mandelbaum
While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.
4
Mordechai Vanunu
I smuggled the camera, it was no problem to smuggle the camera there. And I took 60 photos, two films, during the time when there was no one in the control room, in the building.
5
John Walters
It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMUGGLE»

Discover the use of smuggle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smuggle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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I Am the Market: How to Smuggle Cocaine by the Ton, in Five ...
Told from the perspective of the formidable entrepreneurs whose tactics evolve and adapt to keep pace with shifts in the global economy, I Am the Market is a masterful exposé of a world we thought we understood—until now.
Luca Rastello, 2011
2
The Price Incentive to Smuggle and the Cocoa Supply in ...
May (1985), in estimating the regional motivation to smuggle cocoa to neighboring countries, finds that as much as 50 percent of the crop in some regions may have been smuggled either to Cfite d'Ivoire or to Togo. As a result, he finds that ...
Aleš Buliř, 1998
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A Guide To English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume 3
A. Guide. to. English. Grammar: Smuggle. (a) Active Voices 1. Indicative Mood Present Tense Singular Plural 1. I smuggle 1. We smuggle 2. You smuggle 2. You smuggle 3. He/she/it smuggles 3. They smuggle Past Tense Singular Plural 1.
Bessie Brooks, 2013
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The Book of Bad: Stuff You Should Know Unless You_re a Pussy
27. Smuggle. Materials. There are few experiences more rewarding than traveling the world and immersing yourself in foreign cultures. If you are not a particularly wealthy individual, or you haven't won a game show prize, a good way to ...
Christopher Barish, 2011
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Essays on Realism and Rationalism
But the countless people who have urged this objection, in one form or another, themselves smuggle in assumptions which Popper rejected. To investigate this, let us confme ourselves (as the critics usually do) to Popper's notion of the high ...
Alan Musgrave, 1999
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Counterterrorism and Open Source Intelligence
... NON-DEFINED ILLEGAL-EXIT FACILITATOR-RELATED-INCIDENT FORCED- LABOUR HUMAN-ORGANS SMUGGLE-CBRN MAN-MADE-DISASTER ARMED CONFLICT AREST HOSTAGE-RELEASE INTERCEPTION OTHER Fig.
Uffe Wiil, 2011
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Transnational Threats: Smuggling and Trafficking in Arms, ...
There are numerous examples of states attempting to smuggle nuclear components. In early 1990, British authorities arrested four people attempting to smuggle nuclear warhead detonation capacitors into Iraq. Baghdad, for its part, claimed ...
Kimberley L. Thachuk, 2007
8
Games: 110 Out-Of-This-World Games Kids Love
110 Out-Of-This-World Games Kids Love Group Publishing. 12 bible smuggle bible-Verse puzzle 13 bible-Verse Volleyball 14. wHat you'll need: You'll need a small Bible. For eXtra ImPaCt: • Read aloud 2 timothy 3:14-17, and ask kids: How  ...
Group Publishing, 2006
9
Cairo
His father was Dawud, to whom Fatimid sympathizers had managed to smuggle a woman in the Citadel and smuggle her out again with the child she had conceived. The child was later arrested by Kamil, however, and imprisoned in the  ...
André Raymond, 2000
10
The Office of Law Enforcement Annual Report:2000
In August 1998, U.S. Customs Service and Immigration and Naturalization Service inspectors in Douglas, Arizona, apprehended two U.S. citizens who were trying to smuggle 15 live Gila monsters from Mexico to the United States in a private ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMUGGLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smuggle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Man used pet cats to try and smuggle £1.2m of heroin into UK
A man who used pet cats to try and smuggle £1.2 million worth of heroin into the UK has been jailed for seven years. Scott Parker, 43, used a pet transportation ... «ITV News, Jun 15»
2
A woman tried to smuggle an 8-year-old boy into Spain in a suitcase
Police found an 8-year-old Ivorian boy hidden in a suitcase that was smuggled across the border into Spanish territory in northern Africa, an official said on ... «Business Insider, May 15»
3
Peter Gardner faces Chinese court in possible death penalty drug …
May 03, 2015: Australian Peter Gardner will face a Chinese court today, charged with attempting to smuggle the drug ice out of the country last September. «9news.com.au, May 15»
4
LAPD officer indicted in alleged bid to smuggle Mexican citizen into …
A Los Angeles police officer and his girlfriend were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for allegedly trying to smuggle a Mexican citizen hidden in the ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
5
ISIS: Three men 'who tried to smuggle themselves out of UK in lorry …
Three men who allegedly tried to smuggle themselves out of Britain in an attempt to travel to Iraq or Syria to join ISIS have been charged with terror offences. «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
6
Mafia used capsized cruise ship to 'smuggle drugs'
Doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia was used by the Mafia to smuggle cocaine, police investigators say. Italy's most feared crime syndicate, the Ndrangheta, ... «New York Post, Mar 15»
7
Frenchman Accused of Trying to Smuggle His Wife in a Suitcase
A love-struck Frenchman has been caught allegedly trying to smuggle his young Russian wife into the European Union by train in a suitcase. The man, who ... «ABC News, Mar 15»
8
Police: Pair try to smuggle heroin-laced Bible into Hamilton Co. Jail
... BRIAN HAMRICK, WLWT NEWS 5. CINCINNATI —Two people were arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the Hamilton County Justice Center. «WLWT Cincinnati, Jan 15»
9
Man busted for smuggling strapped 94 iPhones to his body
In the past month, customs officials have caught 18 people trying to smuggle iPhones into China, reports CNN. Like the others who were caught, this man lost his ... «KABC-TV, Jan 15»
10
Chevelle Rusheen Nesbeth tried to smuggle cocaine in luggage …
A woman has been caught trying to smuggle $45,000 worth of cocaine into New York in the handles of her luggage, federal authorities claim. Chevelle Rusheen ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»

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