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

But Operation Vivaldi is the first time they are known to have been smuggled behind Russia’s defensive lines. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Supplies are also strained because medicines are smuggled to neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, where prices are higher, state media reported. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

On weekend nights, Combs would reportedly break into a secret stash of top-shelf liquor allegedly smuggled into the prison by guards and shared with a small circle of inmates. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Last year, Machado smuggled herself out of Venezuela after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to restore democracy in the South American country. — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

In any case, Park smuggled a few zukes over the border—don’t tell Interpol—and gave one to Lily Collins, her Emily costar. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

The relief was then smuggled out of Syria and ultimately into Dubai, before Palmyra was destroyed by ISIS between 2015 and 2017. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Even so, tens of thousands of Starlink dishes have been smuggled into the country, despite Iranian authorities' efforts to seize them. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Sep. 2026

The first operation, in June, led authorities to a box truck carrying some 2,000 animals, a mix of reptiles, fish and invertebrates that were being smuggled for sale on the black market. — John Donegan Long Beach Post, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026