smuggler

UK: /ˈsmʌg^ələ^r/

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smug•gle /ˈsmʌgəl/   v., -gled, -gling. 

1. to convey (goods) secretly and illegally into or out of a country: [~ + object]
   to smuggle heroin.
   [no object]
   a fast boat used to smuggle along the coast.
2. to bring, take, put, etc., secretly:
   [~ + object] smuggled his class notes into the science test.

smug•gler, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

smug•gle  (smug′əl), v., -gled, -gling. 
v.t. 

1. to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, esp. without payment of legal duty.
2. to bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously:
   She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake.

v.i. 

3. to import, export, or convey goods surreptitiously or in violation of the law.

• Low German smuggeln; cognate with German schmuggeln
• 1680–90

smug′gler, n.