(v. t.) To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.
(v. t.) Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
(v. i.) To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
Example Sentences:
(1) Admirable, but will destroying ivory get that message through to poachers, ivory traffickers and the workshops in east Asia and elsewhere that buy smuggled raw ivory?
(2) There were members of the smuggling gang on the ship with walkie-talkies.
(3) Last week, Cohen estimated the militants were still earning “several million dollars per week from the sale of stolen and smuggled energy resources” – down on what they pulled in before the coalition air strikes, but still a substantial amount.
(4) She also won four Logies for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill in 2013, the George Munster award and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award – for stories on people smuggling and the culture of rugby league.
(5) He gave a recipe for a bomb he used to make as a kid, the ingredients of which could be smuggled in.
(6) Philip Morris is similarly paying an ex-Met police officer, Will O'Reilly , to front a media campaign linking plain packaging to tobacco smuggling.
(7) But the commission called on Spain to streamline border crossings by expanding the infrastructure, and demanded both countries work together more to combat cigarette smuggling, with the UK asked to share more intelligence on the issue with Spain .
(8) Yang Feng Glan is accused of smuggling 706 elephant tusks worth £1.62m from Tanzania to the far east.
(9) Photograph: Mark Anderson “Farmers call me and they tell me that smuggling is happening,” says Emmanuel Arthur, managing director of Kuapa Kokoo , a cocoa farmers’ union.
(10) Arturo was the eldest of five brothers running the trafficking ring which is thought to control a significant part of the cocaine and heroin smuggled into the US.
(11) In one of the world’s poorest countries, and in a town that has no other substantial industries, smuggling is a vital financial lifeline for many local people.
(12) He told his court hearing in Rostov-on-Don: “I don’t know what your beliefs can possibly be worth if you are not ready to suffer or die for them.” Sentsov’s cousin, Natalia Kaplan, received the smuggled letter last month.
(13) Cole did leave the door open to a change in approach, saying federal authorities should still step in if those involved in the regulated marijuana trade failed to support eight “enforcement priorities” set by the department, which include ensuring the drug is not smuggled across state borders, accessed by minors, or used to fund criminal cartels or violence.
(14) Ed Miliband has insisted that the people smuggling migrants across the Mediterranean are to blame for the mass drownings in recent weeks – but refused to back down from his claim that inadequate postwar planning in Libya contributed to the crisis.
(15) The former senior KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, who has died from pneumonia aged 81, will be best remembered for his extraordinary achievement in noting down the contents of top-secret Soviet foreign intelligence files and, at great personal risk, smuggling them out of the secret police headquarters on almost every working day for 12 years.
(16) Abbott said Chan and Sukumaran – who were part of the Bali Nine group that sought to smuggle heroin from Indonesia to Australia – deserved a long time in jail but they did not deserve to die.
(17) On the return journey, the tired passengers exchange smuggling anecdotes and safety tips.
(18) In this life,” he said, smiling, “you have to make some money.” He then spelled out the cartel’s proposition: it would pay Sirleaf handsomely in exchange for his help in using Liberia as a transit hub for smuggling cocaine from Colombia into Europe.
(19) They claim the demand for smuggling trips will continue despite the cancellation of Mare Nostrum, since refugees have little chance of legal resettlement in countries such as Britain, which has settled only 90 Syrian refugees .
(20) The commission sent a team to investigate after a row broke out in the summer when Spanish authorities tightened frontier controls, allegedly to crack down on tobacco smuggling, forcing people trying to enter Gibraltar to suffer lengthy queues.
Smuggling
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smuggle
Example Sentences:
(1) Admirable, but will destroying ivory get that message through to poachers, ivory traffickers and the workshops in east Asia and elsewhere that buy smuggled raw ivory?
(2) There were members of the smuggling gang on the ship with walkie-talkies.
(3) Last week, Cohen estimated the militants were still earning “several million dollars per week from the sale of stolen and smuggled energy resources” – down on what they pulled in before the coalition air strikes, but still a substantial amount.
(4) She also won four Logies for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill in 2013, the George Munster award and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award – for stories on people smuggling and the culture of rugby league.
(5) He gave a recipe for a bomb he used to make as a kid, the ingredients of which could be smuggled in.
(6) Philip Morris is similarly paying an ex-Met police officer, Will O'Reilly , to front a media campaign linking plain packaging to tobacco smuggling.
(7) But the commission called on Spain to streamline border crossings by expanding the infrastructure, and demanded both countries work together more to combat cigarette smuggling, with the UK asked to share more intelligence on the issue with Spain .
(8) Yang Feng Glan is accused of smuggling 706 elephant tusks worth £1.62m from Tanzania to the far east.
(9) Photograph: Mark Anderson “Farmers call me and they tell me that smuggling is happening,” says Emmanuel Arthur, managing director of Kuapa Kokoo , a cocoa farmers’ union.
(10) Arturo was the eldest of five brothers running the trafficking ring which is thought to control a significant part of the cocaine and heroin smuggled into the US.
(11) In one of the world’s poorest countries, and in a town that has no other substantial industries, smuggling is a vital financial lifeline for many local people.
(12) He told his court hearing in Rostov-on-Don: “I don’t know what your beliefs can possibly be worth if you are not ready to suffer or die for them.” Sentsov’s cousin, Natalia Kaplan, received the smuggled letter last month.
(13) Cole did leave the door open to a change in approach, saying federal authorities should still step in if those involved in the regulated marijuana trade failed to support eight “enforcement priorities” set by the department, which include ensuring the drug is not smuggled across state borders, accessed by minors, or used to fund criminal cartels or violence.
(14) Ed Miliband has insisted that the people smuggling migrants across the Mediterranean are to blame for the mass drownings in recent weeks – but refused to back down from his claim that inadequate postwar planning in Libya contributed to the crisis.
(15) The former senior KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, who has died from pneumonia aged 81, will be best remembered for his extraordinary achievement in noting down the contents of top-secret Soviet foreign intelligence files and, at great personal risk, smuggling them out of the secret police headquarters on almost every working day for 12 years.
(16) Abbott said Chan and Sukumaran – who were part of the Bali Nine group that sought to smuggle heroin from Indonesia to Australia – deserved a long time in jail but they did not deserve to die.
(17) On the return journey, the tired passengers exchange smuggling anecdotes and safety tips.
(18) In this life,” he said, smiling, “you have to make some money.” He then spelled out the cartel’s proposition: it would pay Sirleaf handsomely in exchange for his help in using Liberia as a transit hub for smuggling cocaine from Colombia into Europe.
(19) They claim the demand for smuggling trips will continue despite the cancellation of Mare Nostrum, since refugees have little chance of legal resettlement in countries such as Britain, which has settled only 90 Syrian refugees .
(20) The commission sent a team to investigate after a row broke out in the summer when Spanish authorities tightened frontier controls, allegedly to crack down on tobacco smuggling, forcing people trying to enter Gibraltar to suffer lengthy queues.