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# smuggle

«smuggle» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take goods or people secretly and illegally into or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (smuggle, smuggles, smuggled, smuggling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To take goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, avoiding laws or taxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#m1)

2) (informal) To take something secretly into or out of a place where it is not allowed: sneaking sweets into a cinema. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons smugglers in Cornwall and other coasts hid brandy, tea and tobacco to avoid taxes. In news, people-smuggling and drug-smuggling are serious crimes. In everyday jokes, children «smuggle» snacks into class or a pet into the house.

### examples

- Smugglers used caves to hide barrels of brandy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#x1)
- It is a crime to smuggle animals across borders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#x2)
- He smuggled a torch into bed to read his book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#x3)
- They tried to smuggle the puppy into the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#x4)
- Customs officers caught a man smuggling fake watches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#x5)
- We smuggled a cake into the classroom for the teacher's surprise party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/#x6)

### note

Regular verb; double g. Person: «smuggler»; act: «smuggling». «Smuggle in» and «smuggle out» are common. Don't confuse with «snuggle» (cuddle up).

### In the corpora

- [Pangolins are among the most smuggled mammals, killed for scales that are only keratin and cure nothing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smuggle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smuggle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.