smuggling

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smuggling

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of smuggle

noun smugglings

  1. countable, uncountable An act of something being smuggled.

    Similar: smugglery, contrabandism

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Closest in meaning: bootleg, contraband, trafficking, peddling, felony, seizure, fraud, trading, trade, importation, evasion, introduction, traffic, illegal, illicit, stowaway

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noun an act of something being smuggled

Españolcontrabando, matute, chancuco, falluca, fayuca, estraperlo
한국어밀수 milsu, 밀항 milhang
日本語密輸 mitsuyu, 密航 mikkō
中文走私 zǒusī
हिन्दीतस्करी taskarī
Portuguêscontrabando
Françaistrafique
DeutschSchmuggel
Italianocontrabbando
Ελληνικάλαθρεμπόριο lathrempório
Românăcontrabandă
Русскийконтраба́нда kontrabánda
Tiếng Việtbuôn lậu
العربيةتَهْرِيب tahrīb

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@misc{smuggling_2026,
  title = {smuggling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smuggling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}