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

But Rankin does mention a thuggish figure named Kodama Yoshio, who worked for Japanese spy agencies in China while trading in narcotics and smuggled goods. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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

Prosecutors said Meiser smuggled the narcotics for inmates in exchange for cash and payments through Cash App, a digital wallet. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Researchers found that metal goods continued to be smuggled despite strict government restrictions, raising the possibility that authorities deliberately turned a blind eye to the practice. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Now, however, more than half of its annual production is smuggled out by traders, generals, and militia leaders, according to United Nations experts and other analysts. — Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

Amnesty has reported abuses against miners in areas taken over by M23 and alleged that gold and coltan are smuggled into Rwanda. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

But at sea, Spanish guarda costas (armed customs officials) pounced on British ships, allegedly searching for goods being smuggled in for sale. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026

Some were then smuggled into Israel, but many stayed in Lebanon. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

It’s based on secret recordings — heard here for the first time — made by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1991, and smuggled out of her home in Kensington Palace. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

In 2025, Ukraine smuggled over 100 small drones into Russia in commercial cargo trucks and used them to strike strategic air bases thousands of miles from the border. — Todd J. Stein, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026