Definitions
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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Move illicitly”7 letters
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