as in to sell
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 smuggle
In June 2025, Ukraine conducted Operation Spiderweb smuggling low-cost FPV drones into Russia inside containers and using them to strike strategic bombers worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars each.
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
During this period, Vale was charged, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to about five years in prison for smuggling Cuban migrants into the United States.
—Jay Weaver
may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
As The Register recalled today, in 2014, Australian authorities charged a woman for allegedly using laser printer cartridges to smuggle an unspecified amount methamphetamine.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
Super Micro tanked earlier this year after employees were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips into the country.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 May 2026
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
During this period, Vale was charged, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to about five years in prison for smuggling Cuban migrants into the United States.
—Jay Weaver
may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
As The Register recalled today, in 2014, Australian authorities charged a woman for allegedly using laser printer cartridges to smuggle an unspecified amount methamphetamine.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
Super Micro tanked earlier this year after employees were charged with smuggling Nvidia chips into the country.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggle
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Officials allege the group sold the oil under false pretenses and used the profits to sustain and expand the original food fraud scheme.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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It is being sold through Leslie McElwreath at Sotheby's International.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Her husband, Souksavath Noi Keomisy, pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony federal charges of conspiracy to possess the drug ecstasy with the intent to distribute.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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Half of the settlement amount will be distributed directly to county, city, and township governments, with the rest distributed to the state for drug prevention services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Rai’s father, Amrik Singh, bought his son a set of Titleist 690 MB irons when the latter was still a child, worth nearly 1,000 pounds — money that the working-class Rai family didn’t exactly have.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Among them is Cai Youcheng, a 36-year-old graphic designer in Beijing who has set aside plans to buy for now.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Across Oahu’s North Shore, an area famed for its big-wave surfing, the small farms that help supply the island’s food are struggling after back-to-back storms in March brought the state’s worst flooding in two decades.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Travis Miller, an energy and utilities analyst for Morningstar, said utility executives on earnings calls are emphasizing efforts to cut costs or protect residential customers from the cost to supply electricity to data centers.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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“Smuggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggle. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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