smuggle
To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or…To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
» The police arrested him for smuggling.
Полиция арестовала его за контрабанду.
Поліція заарештувала його за контрабанду.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive, transitive)To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
schmuggeln
провози́ть контраба́ндойprovozítʹ kontrabándoj
робити контрабандуrobyty kontrabandu, провозити контрабандоюprovozyty kontrabandoju
import or export without paying customs duties
(transitive)To bring in surreptitiously
schmuggeln
(slang)To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.
(obsolete, transitive)To fondle or cuddle.
Examples
27 sentencesThe police arrested him for smuggling.
Поліція заарештувала його за контрабанду.
ruПолиция арестовала его за контрабанду.
Tom ate the chocolate donut that I had smuggled into the hospital.
ruТом съел шоколадный пончик, который я украдкой пронесла в больницу.
Mary tried to smuggle a hacksaw blade into the prison inside a cake.
deMaria versuchte, in einem Kuchen eine Eisensäge ins Gefängnis zu schmuggeln.
I heard that Tom had been smuggling drugs into America for years before he got caught.
ruЯ слышал, Том перевозил наркотики в Америку годами, прежде чем его поймали.
deIch habe gehört, dass Tom, ehe man ihn schnappte, jahrelang Drogen nach Amerika geschmuggelt haben soll.
Tom smuggled something into Australia for Mary.
deTom schmuggelte für Maria etwas nach Australien.
Translations
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Forms
smuggles, smuggling, smuggled, smuggledSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle