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smuggling

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verb

present participle of smuggle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggling
Verb
  • Bottom line For home sellers, 2025 is looking good with many homes commanding higher prices and selling quickly.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In fact, until now, ice piracy was understood to be a centuries- or even millennia-long process.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2025
  • With LaLiga’s current technology, out of 400 piracy acts committed through Cloudfare, the league can block 100.
    Asli Pelit, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • It's made with rugged 400-denier nylon outer material, which has held up incredibly well to the abuse of international travel, and fortified with tough zippers, weight-distributing webbing, and hefty buckles.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • As a result, by independently moving up and down along with the legs, the two sides of the saddle reportedly transfer pressure from the sit bones to the femurs, distributing the load more evenly (and less painfully).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine, as well as five other officials.
    Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • The false premise that mass deportation would only target those already with an undocumented status has helped grease the wheels for sweeping abductions of individuals and families who have been living peacefully and working hard in communities across the country.
    Karen Tumlin, Time, 6 May 2025
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“Smuggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggling. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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