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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smuggle  \Smug"gle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Smuggled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Smuggling}.]  [Of  Low  German  or  Scand.  origin;  cf  LG 
  smuggeln  D.  smokkelen  G.  schmuggeln  Dan.  smugle,  Sw  smyga 
  to  introduce  or  convey  secretly,  Dan.  i  smug  secretly,  D. 
  smuigen  to  eat  in  secret,  AS  sm?gan  to  creep.  See  {Smock}.] 
  1.  To  import  or  export  secretly,  contrary  to  the  law;  to 
  import  or  export  without  paying  the  duties  imposed  by  law; 
  as  to  smuggle  lace. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  convey  or  introduce  clandestinely. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smuggling 
  n  :  secretly  importing  prohibited  goods  or  goods  on  which  duty 
  is  due 




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