WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
Huvudsakliga översättningar |
smuggling n | (illicitly carrying goods) | smuggling s |
| Smuggling's only profitable as long as you don't get caught. |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
Huvudsakliga översättningar |
smuggle⇒ vi | (deal in contraband goods) | smuggla vitr |
| Ben has been smuggling for years now and he's never been caught. |
smuggle [sth]⇒ vtr | (import [sth] illegally) | smuggla vtr |
| Kate was caught smuggling drugs. |
smuggle [sth] in vtr + adv | (bring [sth] in against rules) | smuggla in vtr + prep |
| Janice was in hospital and the doctors had put her on a strict diet, so she asked her husband to smuggle in some chocolate. |
| Despite the security measures at prisons, people still manage to smuggle in drugs. |
smuggle [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (bring [sth] in against rules) | smuggla in ngt i ngt vbal uttr |
| The visitor smuggled a hacksaw blade into the jail so that the prisoner could escape. |
smuggle [sth] out vtr + prep | figurative (take [sth] out against rules) | smuggla ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| Dan liked the beer glass so he smuggled it out under his jacket. |