SMUGGLE Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

smuggle

verb

Definition of smuggle

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 They were repatriated through cooperation between the FBI and the ministry after provenance research established that they had been smuggled out of Indonesia, Zon added. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026 Authorities arrested Munster and Claude Kwe, a research fellow at Rocky Mountain Labs, June 2 on charges of conspiracy to smuggle mpox into the United States and lying to border agents. — CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Tanya stockpiled mozzarella sticks and Gatorade, while Pat smuggled in a peanut butter protein bar and a bottle of water for the three-hour tour. — Matt Minton, Variety, 22 July 2026 That morning, there had been a terrible accident in southern Mexico involving migrants being smuggled north, one that required the urgent attention of Mexico, Guatemala, and the United States. — Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for smuggle

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Terminal 26, a new restaurant in Ponce City Market’s central food hall, is inspired by Thailand’s famous floating markets, where goods are sold from boats and riverbank stalls.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
The purchase set the record for the most expensive home ever sold in Miami-Dade County.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

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On July 28, Mark Zuckerberg published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that superintelligence should be distributed as widely as possible and that concentrating it in a handful of institutions is the greatest risk AI poses to humanity.

— Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Additional footage, distributed by Fox News Digital, of them in a confrontation with another fan at the game has ignited further outrage.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

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In Braham, located in a more rural area north of Minneapolis, public works personnel also discovered the problem Monday after noticing the well supplying the city's water tower was malfunctioning.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 31 July 2026
And owner Jeffrey Lurie’s willingness to supply Roseman the cash necessary to push cap hits into the distant future has long allowed Roseman to retain core players.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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