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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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