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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
Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
Writs of assistance were open‑ended search warrants granted to British customs officers to search for smuggled goods; they were not limited by time, person, or location, and no probable cause was required.
—Amanda Cats-Baril, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2026
The smuggled fungus, Fusarium graminearum, can cause billions in crop losses and is harmful to humans and livestock.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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
Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
This isn’t a film about trauma, or smuggled-in social issues, or anything at all, really, besides the honest workaday business of scaring the bejesus out of its audience, rinsing, and repeating with extra vigor.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
She's eventually smuggled out of Gilead.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Much of the oil that reached foreign markets was effectively smuggled out, traders and analysts said.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Authorities around the world have found drugs smuggled inside banana shipments.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Things get even crazier when June (Moss) arrives and tells her she was born in Gilead and smuggled out.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
June Osborne, who smuggled a Commander’s baby across the Gilead border into Toronto.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Reports have also revealed that synthetic cannabinoids are increasingly being smuggled into correctional facilities on common paper items, such as letters, greeting cards, books, postcards and magazines.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Lang calls Atterton, who’s in his prison cell with a smuggled phone, to tell him the job is done and that both Bailey-Brown and Sam have been terminated.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
Writs of assistance were open‑ended search warrants granted to British customs officers to search for smuggled goods; they were not limited by time, person, or location, and no probable cause was required.
—Amanda Cats-Baril, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2026
The smuggled fungus, Fusarium graminearum, can cause billions in crop losses and is harmful to humans and livestock.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
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
Verb
Identical twins Pete and Jay Flores smuggled tons of cocaine for El Chapo and other cartel bosses, making millions in their 20s.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
This isn’t a film about trauma, or smuggled-in social issues, or anything at all, really, besides the honest workaday business of scaring the bejesus out of its audience, rinsing, and repeating with extra vigor.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
She's eventually smuggled out of Gilead.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Much of the oil that reached foreign markets was effectively smuggled out, traders and analysts said.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Authorities around the world have found drugs smuggled inside banana shipments.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Things get even crazier when June (Moss) arrives and tells her she was born in Gilead and smuggled out.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
June Osborne, who smuggled a Commander’s baby across the Gilead border into Toronto.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Reports have also revealed that synthetic cannabinoids are increasingly being smuggled into correctional facilities on common paper items, such as letters, greeting cards, books, postcards and magazines.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggled
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At the suspect’s residence, investigators found enough contraband Lego pieces to fill two garbage bags.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Shackelford’s three co-conspirators pleaded guilty in connection with the prison bribery and contraband smuggling scheme.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Starting in April, the most vulnerable populations, such as children and older adults, could be most affected because the government plans to cut or eliminate the few subsidized food items that were sold in stores through the ration booklets.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated April 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Nostalgia for the days of standards and bullet-stopping September issues mixes with handwringing over the state of magazines, media outlets, and the overall environment that sold the original Devil Wears Prada as a fairy tale.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
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The complaint alleges that Gemini Rosemont violated the loan documents by entering into an unauthorized easement agreement with a neighboring property owner.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Bill Day, a Frost Bank spokesman, said the bank does not comment on pending litigation but was recently notified by a third-party vendor of unauthorized access to the vendor’s systems that may have included Frost customer data.—
Patrick Danner,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Apr. 2026
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How to best address the cross-border problem of whose rules apply when validators, liquidity providers, and end users are globally distributed?—
Bob Diamond,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Torres-Ortiz allegedly collected the packages and took them to secondary locations where Edgar Castro Perez and Arroyo-Robles allegedly stored them until the cocaine was distributed further, federal officials claimed.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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The movement inspired a proliferation of unlicensed stations serving minority immigrant groups in and near major cities.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Mejer has now been charged on suspicion of felony child endangerment and felony accessory after the fact of a crime, as well as misdemeanors for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, loaning a motor vehicle to an unlicensed driver and providing false information to an officer.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Specialists recommend high-loft pillows for most side sleepers, which is usually best supplied by some type of memory foam or firmer pillow.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
26 Apr. 2026
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Employers are reluctant to hire people and workers are reluctant to leave their jobs—but that isn’t generating mass joblessness, according to recent notes from Piper Sandler, Jefferies, and Pantheon (which supplied the above chart).—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Abugharbieh was initially charged with unlawfully holding or move a dead human body in unapproved conditions, failure to report a death to the medical examiner or law enforcement (intent to conceal), tampering with physical evidence, false imprisonment and battery, the sheriff’s office said.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Abugharbieh, 26, faces charges including domestic violence-simple battery, domestic violence-false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report death to the medical examiner’s office or law enforcement, unlawfully hold or move a human dead body in unapproved conditions.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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However, the city rebutted the allegations, saying that Boca Bash was an unsanctioned event and therefore not hosted by officials.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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In court filings associated with the case, attorneys representing UConn argued that the university had no duty to protect students at unsanctioned events.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Smuggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggled. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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