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to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally
They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.
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Recent Examples of smuggled
Anna Chernova, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Inevitably, a few students were surreptitiously checking smuggled screens that day.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Christina Hall, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Following the theft, a special committee was set up to review artifacts in the laboratory and images of the missing bracelet were circulated to antiquities units at Egypt’s airports, seaports and land border crossings, fearing it would be smuggled abroad.
—CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
The chief of Ukraine's SBU security agency, Vasyl Maliuk, later said 150 combat first person-view drones were used in Operation Spiderweb, smuggled over the border and placed close to the airfields.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The horns, smuggled from Angola, were seized, and the Vietnamese national involved was arrested.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead of freely taking up legal work in Thailand, Sara was smuggled at gunpoint into a scammers’ compound in Myanmar.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Wen smuggled three shipping containers of guns and ammunition to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) before he was caught, prosecutors said.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
At various points, young girls are smuggled in containers and even in animal carcasses.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said.
—Anna Chernova, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Inevitably, a few students were surreptitiously checking smuggled screens that day.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Liu allegedly smuggled the fungus into the country at Detroit Metro Airport in clear plastic baggies in his backpack in July 2024.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Following the theft, a special committee was set up to review artifacts in the laboratory and images of the missing bracelet were circulated to antiquities units at Egypt’s airports, seaports and land border crossings, fearing it would be smuggled abroad.
—CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
The chief of Ukraine's SBU security agency, Vasyl Maliuk, later said 150 combat first person-view drones were used in Operation Spiderweb, smuggled over the border and placed close to the airfields.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The horns, smuggled from Angola, were seized, and the Vietnamese national involved was arrested.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead of freely taking up legal work in Thailand, Sara was smuggled at gunpoint into a scammers’ compound in Myanmar.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Wen smuggled three shipping containers of guns and ammunition to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) before he was caught, prosecutors said.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
At various points, young girls are smuggled in containers and even in animal carcasses.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggled
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The unit in the 700 block of Pacu Terrace in Fremont was sold on July 30, 2025 for $1,740,000, or $1,059 per square foot.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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But more than 112,000 tickets were sold when the show was announced in February, pushing it past a record then held by George Strait.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Since 2020, the Milwaukee County Jail has recorded 175 contraband incidents and administered Narcan 50 times, according to a report from the county's judiciary, law enforcement and general services committee.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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At a talk at the Arkansas Attorney General’s office in Little Rock, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that reclassifying contraband cellphones as unauthorized could sidestep the rule.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But a trust can offer you more control over how your assets eventually get distributed.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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If a tip is added automatically with no option for the customer to disregard or modify it, the amount distributed to workers from it doesn't qualify for a tax break, according to new guidance.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The hotel currently has signs warning people that unauthorized vehicles can be towed.—
Michelle Marchante
September 26,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Prior to the crackdown, job growth in industries that rely on unauthorized immigrants kept pace with the rest of the private sector.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That included a tethered drone supplied by France’s Elistair, an Echodyne radar from the United States, and Rheinmetall’s mast and sensor package.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Royals supplied Lorenzen with ample run support.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An investigation into unlicensed contracting led to a chase on the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys that ended with a crash into a deputy’s car and three people arrested Monday morning, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Licensed networks usually deliver faster, more reliable service, while unlicensed connections may face more interference.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The instinct to simply ban unapproved AI may backfire, driving usage further underground.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the search continues, and despite all those pitfalls, hospitals and physicians are using unapproved tests that are available to screen patients, often at exorbitant costs.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During his sojourn in Philadelphia, Ali constantly challenged Frazier to unsanctioned fights.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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If that data moves through unsanctioned channels or lands in public models, it’s exposed.—
Mark Doble,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Smuggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggled. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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