SMUGGLED

bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled

(adjective) distributed or sold illicitly; “the black economy pays no taxes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

smuggled

simple past tense and past participle of smuggle

Source: Wiktionary


SMUGGLE

Smug"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smuggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Smuggling.] Etym: [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. smgan 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.

Smug"gle, v. i.

Definition: To import or export in violation of the customs laws.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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