Synonyms of smuggled

smuggled 1 of 2

adjective

as in contraband

Related Words

• contraband
• unauthorized
• unlicensed
• unapproved
• unsanctioned
• bootleg
• illicit
• under-the-table
• illegal
• criminal
• prohibited
• improper
• under-the-counter
• forbidden
• felonious
• wrongful
• unlawful
• outlawed
• proscribed
• disallowed
• barred
• banned
• interdicted
• illegitimate
• criminalized
• discouraged

Dissimilar Words

• permitted
• licensed
• authorized
• allowed
• approved
• endorsed
• promoted
• supported
• correct
• suggested
• proper
• sanctioned
• legal
• legitimate
• lawful
• decent
• encouraged
• abetted
• decorous
• seemly

smuggled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of smuggle

as in sold

to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally

They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.

Related Words

• sold
• distributed
• supplied
• bought
• bootlegged
• exchanged
• purchased
• bartered
• resold
• swapped
• fenced
• negotiated
• auctioned
• transacted
• bargained
• took
• marketed
• black-marketed
• peddled
• merchandised
• retailed
• horse-traded
• traded
• rebought
• vended
• monopolized
• engrossed
• cornered
• picked up
• wholesaled
• trafficked
• speculated
• fair-traded
• undersold
• dealt
• invested
• day-traded

Dissimilar Words

• boycotted
• blacked
• blackballed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smuggled

Adjective

The smuggled animals, which were imported from both Hong Kong and Mexico without permits, included Mexican beaded lizards, Mexican box turtles and Yucatan box turtles and baby crocodiles, prosecutors said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 31 May 2026

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

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

Dangerous tides Contraband fuel To avoid taxes and high import fees, gasoline and diesel fuel legally purchased in the United States is being smuggled into Mexico. — Shi Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

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

The heart arrives smuggled in with the blade, in these monologues as text. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

They were repatriated through cooperation between Indonesia’s Culture Ministry and the FBI after provenance research established the objects had been smuggled out of Indonesia, Zon said. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

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

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