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to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally
They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border.
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Recent Examples of smuggled
Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
They are smuggled to Bangladesh and India by ethnic rebels who are both fighting the junta and in business with it.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Anti-junta forces now control the entire China-Kachin boundary, through which rare earths, timber, jade and other treasures are smuggled.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Bad policy is often smuggled into law in must-pass omnibus packages.
—David Williams, National Review, 26 Dec. 2024
When exactly the statue’s head and torso were separated isn’t known, but experts now think that both pieces were smuggled out of the country in the 1960s.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Over the past year, these criminal groups allegedly smuggled a tonne of gold while recruiting couriers on commercial flights.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
In 2022, the Museum for Rescued Art opened in Rome to display artifacts that were stolen from across Italy and smuggled into the United States.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
In 2022, the Saudi ambassador in Beirut reported that the authorities in the kingdom had confiscated 700 million tablets smuggled from Lebanon since 2014.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
At various points, young girls are smuggled in containers and even in animal carcasses.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
They are smuggled to Bangladesh and India by ethnic rebels who are both fighting the junta and in business with it.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Anti-junta forces now control the entire China-Kachin boundary, through which rare earths, timber, jade and other treasures are smuggled.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Bad policy is often smuggled into law in must-pass omnibus packages.
—David Williams, National Review, 26 Dec. 2024
When exactly the statue’s head and torso were separated isn’t known, but experts now think that both pieces were smuggled out of the country in the 1960s.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
Over the past year, these criminal groups allegedly smuggled a tonne of gold while recruiting couriers on commercial flights.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
In 2022, the Museum for Rescued Art opened in Rome to display artifacts that were stolen from across Italy and smuggled into the United States.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
In 2022, the Saudi ambassador in Beirut reported that the authorities in the kingdom had confiscated 700 million tablets smuggled from Lebanon since 2014.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggled
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They were sold in California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2024
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The winning ticket in Friday's drawing was sold at a Circle K store in Cottonwood, California.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2024
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Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of the Media.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Preliminary findings indicate that an unauthorized person obtained certain files, which could contain personal data.—
Wes Davis,
The Verge,
13 Jan. 2025
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He was told no one would go see it, and it would never get distributed.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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The 215-minute film, distributed by A24, has been a critical success since its debut at Venice.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Augustin Lorenzo Telly, a 26-year Stockton police veteran, was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on charges including the unlicensed sale of a firearm, conspiracy and an open charge of soliciting specified criminal acts.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Police said 1,576 unlicensed miners had emerged from the mine by their own means before the rescue operation began.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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By the numbers: Nearly 1.7 million prescriptions were written for these medications in Ohio alone in 2024. Between the lines: Officials in multiple states have warned consumers about unapproved versions of medications being sold as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
6 Jan. 2025
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Additional health code violations ranged from a lack of paper towels near the kitchen’s handwashing sink to a missing food handler card and the use of unapproved kitchen equipment.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Tran and other officials allegedly overstepped their authority by trying to get a city employee fired and began requesting several unsanctioned performance evaluations for McHarris, the lawsuit states.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2025
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In 2023 and 2024, six fraternities were placed on probation at SDSU due to violations of school policies, including unsanctioned distribution of alcohol, according to the university’s website.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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