Synonyms of smuggle

smuggle

verb

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.

Related Words

• sell
• distribute
• buy
• supply
• exchange
• negotiate
• barter
• black-market
• fence
• transact
• resell
• bootleg
• purchase
• take
• bargain
• merchandise
• swap
• horse-trade
• peddle
• monopolize
• auction
• wholesale
• vend
• market
• rebuy
• trade
• pick up
• undersell
• speculate
• engross
• retail
• invest
• deal
• corner
• fair-trade
• traffic
• day-trade

Dissimilar Words

• boycott
• black
• blackball

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smuggle

In major Canadian cities, anywhere from 78% to as much as 90% of crime guns recovered came from or were smuggled in from the United States, the ATF says. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

Four people, including a man serving time for murder, have been arrested and accused of smuggling drugs and other contraband into the Pulaski County jail, a news release from the county sheriff's office says. — Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2026

And investigators were trying to track down the people who smuggled them in. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026

In response, Amodei urges the US government to continue blocking and shutting down Chinese efforts to smuggle cutting-edge Nvidia GPUs. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026