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noun

Definition of smugglingnext
as in poaching

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smuggling

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verb

present participle of smuggle
as in selling
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 Synonyms for smuggling
  1. selling
  2. piracy
  3. distributing
  4. trafficking
  5. abduction
Verb
  • Bottom line For home sellers, 2025 is looking good with many homes commanding higher prices and selling quickly.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Nordstroms have been able to improve Rack by placing a greater focus on better brands at the off-pricer, including some of the better-selling labels that can found at the Nordstrom full-price department stores.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of selling
Noun
  • In Sweden, where citizens had enjoyed high-speed Internet since the late nineties, piracy took on a political edge.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • It is projected that far over 200 billion visits to piracy sites occur annually, and over $71 billion is lost by the digital economy annually just to piracy in the United States alone.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of piracy
Verb
  • In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In April 2021, Diplo sued Auguste for stalking, trespassing, and distributing private materials.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • Two Connecticut men have been found guilty of trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover officers, officials said.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The investigation also revealed that members of the drug trafficking organization possessed and used firearms in connection with their drug trafficking activity, authorities said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of trafficking
Noun
  • Besigye's case is part of a broader trend of transnational repression in East Africa, where opposition figures have faced abductions and deportations.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Later, after Muller released Huskins, police would accuse her of lying about her abduction.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of abduction
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