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Word entry · 7 letters

smuggle

Best crossword clue

"Move illicitly"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsmʌɡəl/Part of speech verbSorted egglmsuStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Move goods or people illegally or secretly across a border.

Word origin

From earlier smuckle, either from Dutch smokkelen (“to smuggle”), a frequentative form of Middle Dutch smūken (“to act secretly, be sneaky”), from Old Dutch *smugan, or from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German smuggeln; all are from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to creep; slip through or into”).

Used in a sentence

  • A lorry driver who smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK in the back of his trailer has been jailed.

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