Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The offense of carrying, or causing to be carried, across the boundary of a nation or district, goods which are dutiable, without either paying the duties or allowing the goods to be subjected to the revenue laws; or the like carrying of goods the transit of which is prohibited. In a more general sense it is applied to the violation of legal restrictions on transit, whether by revenue laws or blockades, and the violation of excise laws, by introducing into trade or consumption prohibited articles, or articles evading taxation. In either use it implies clandestine evasion of law.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of smuggle.
- n. An act of smuggling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
Examples
“I go upon the sea on these cruises, which you call smuggling, and what not, and of which he speaks censoriously, but if they do not show a large enough profit on his books he rates me most severely, and charges me with a lack of enterprise.”
The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign
“Lymington sends two members to Parliament, and this and her salt trade is all I can say to her; for though she is very well situated as to the convenience of shipping I do not find they have any foreign commerce, except it be what we call smuggling and roguing; which, I may say, is the reigning commerce of all this part of the English coast, from the mouth of the Thames to the Land's End of”
From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman"
“Human smuggling is a corrupt and exploitative criminal enterprise that should not only be discouraged but prosecuted.”
“High School power center Brock Nelson recently committed to the University of North Dakota, and the Fighting Sioux can really count this one as a coup in smuggling the emerging star out of state right from under the noses of the Minnesota Golden Gophers.”
Red Line: Dominant start has Canadian Seguin atop draft ranks
“The only way to end smuggling is to open the borders to any and all goods.”
“If the economic incentive for smuggling is high enough, nothing will stop it.”
“No, let them take some of the money and energy that they use in smuggling explosives into their bowl and use it to bring in food.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Strange Thing About the Controversy Over Jerusalem
“Mooney was sentenced to death by firing squad for his role in smuggling the tea to the North on behalf of Colonel Jackson.”
“The most natural case to consider, because it avoids complicated issues of constitutional authority and trans-border smuggling, is the one where both the federal government and most or all state government legalize simultaneously.”
The Huffington Post: Katherine Waldock: Drug Legalization -- a Windfall for State Budgets
“The smuggling is frequently done by bribing the American border guards, who are notoriously corrupt.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘smuggling’.
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JURI - crimes and offences
Don't commit any of these if you can
firearms trafficking, serious and organ..., trafficking in hu..., illegal shipment ..., cybercrime, money laundering, sale of counterfe..., sale of dangerous..., smuggling, infraction, corruption, organised crime and 153 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Outlawed activities
Inspired in part by the Metropolitan Police Act of 1839. Can include activities that are outlawed now, were outlawed once, are outlawed in some places and not others. Weird surprises welcome.
duelling, hazing, furious driving, extinguishing lamps, ice sliding, bear baiting, cock fighting, smuggling, busking, trial by ordeal, jaywalking
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He Goes a-Pickarooning
Here be a trove of words and phrases associated (fore or aft) with picarooning / pickarooning, scavenged from Google Books citations.
The Prince Edward Island folksong Mick Riley inspi...wagabone, privateer, at every corner, up and down, pirate, expeditions, life, look, rascals, expedition, literary, adventurers and 53 more...
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English
rewarding, wit, landmark, core, soar, drop, plunge, plummet, dive, level off, rocket, peak and 110 more...
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Mafiosi
Words and expressions that relate to the Mafia and their activities.
camorra, racketeering, pizzo, la cosa nostra, honoured society, extortion, cupola, 'ndrangheta, kidnapping, trafficking, omerta, fraud and 24 more...
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