(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.
Snuggle
Definition:
(v. t.) To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recently, Amnesty disgraced itself by snuggling up to pro-jihadists, while the RSPCA preferred to spend its money pursuing foxhunting rather than cruel factory farming.
(2) At these two wooden one-bedroom cottages on the shores of Loch Tay, you can listen to the gently lapping water as the sun goes down or snuggle up with a dram in front of the woodburning stove.
(3) A seven-year-old boy snuggles up to his mother as she finishes his bedtime story.
(4) A meaningful opposition Lucy Whitehouse, 25, London With the Tories snuggling up to the Democratic Unionists, we’re facing some serious potential lows for equality.
(5) That must be horrible – but that feeling can be short-term and the pros (snuggling up to your warm, chubby baby) surely outweigh that particular con?
(6) The 3,000 sq km frozen lake, way up in the Arctic Circle, is a long way from any light pollution, so conditions are ideal for snuggling up and watching the sky through the glass roof, or keeping warm outdoors in a mobile hot tub and sauna.
(7) 3) Examples of types of manifestations where the skin is involved in interactions--cuddling, snuggling, hugging and its relationship to clinging, kissing, tickling.
(8) We decided to bystep the happy vin chaud drinkers on the sun-filled terrace and snuggle up in the cosy interior.
(9) Then he snuggled up in my arms and fell into a contented sleep.
(10) But since the great recession that followed the financial crash of 2008, Labour believes there is little kudos to be won with voters by snuggling up to big bosses.
(11) "While it's unlikely that Google's going to hand over any user information, I still don't like how close – and how quickly – Google is snuggling up with perhaps the scariest of all government agencies," he blogged.
(12) Later that night he allegedly left another offensive post, writing: "What's the odds of Criado and Creasy snuggling and cuddling under a duvet checking their tweets and cackling like witches (rape me says Caroline)."
(13) Then, the other day, I was slain by a miniature board book called Snuggle Wuggle .
(14) What is also noticeable is the constant physical proximity when we are together: the snuggling, the wanting to have a point of contact when sitting – a shoulder, a knee – and the frequent glancing touches when we are cooking together; the fact that even when it's cold, he'll take one glove off in the street so that we can hold hands skin to skin.
(15) So we have the return of Bolly bezzies Edwina and Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie ; Tina Fey and Margot Robbie bonding beneath the bombs in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ; Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny cackling happily in Love & Friendship , Greta Gerwig snuggling with one-time love-rival Julianne Moore in Maggie’s Plan ; Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell swapping horror stories in Bad Moms , and Bell (again) enjoying a slow-burn buddy-up with Melissa McCarthy (again) in The Boss .
(16) There are some suggesting that David Cameron would be smart, on Leveson Day, to give the press a little time to try to agree a firm package of reforms – and then wait and see if editors and proprietors can snuggle up and agree.
(17) Last year Jackson regifted a " Snuggle Wrap " wearable fleece blanket which she describes as "completely hideous: She said: "It was electric blue polyester and crackled when you moved, with a pocket for the TV remote control.
(18) Snuggled down beneath the thickly wooded southern shores of Coniston Water, the isle hides itself from prying eyes beneath its own cloak of trees and thus is a wonderful place to become a child again and imagine yourself into a daring escapade.
(19) Many of us remember snuggling up on the carpet, watching our teacher’s animated face as they put on funny voices and brought a story to life.
(20) Oh, you can just imagine her and Barry O together, exuding droll wit as they snuggle up by the fire in the White House den, wondering how to deal with the latest insurgency from their pesky kids that they just love so goddamn much.