Smuggler

  • 1smuggler — ⇒SMUGGLER, SMOGLEUR, subst. masc. MAR. [Au XIXe s.] Petit navire qui faisait la contrebande entre l Angleterre et la France; homme faisant de la contrebande sur un tel navire. Le frêle bateau qui le ramène [d Angleterre] est aperçu de Boulogne;… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2Smuggler — Smug gler, n. 1. One who smuggles. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel employed in smuggling. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3smuggler — index bootlegger, criminal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4smuggler — 1660s, from Low Ger. smuggeln or Du. smokkelen to transport (goods) illegally, apparently a frequentative formation of a word meaning to sneak (from P.Gmc. *smuganan) and related to SMOCK (Cf. smock) (q.v.) …

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  • 5smuggler — smuggle smug‧gle [ˈsmʌgl] verb [transitive] LAW to take something or someone illegally from one country to another: smuggle something into/​out of • They caught her trying to smuggle drugs into France. • The silver was found in Yugoslavia and… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6smuggler — UK [ˈsmʌɡ(ə)lə(r)] / US [ˈsmʌɡ(ə)lər] noun [countable] Word forms smuggler : singular smuggler plural smugglers someone who secretly and illegally takes goods or people into or out of a country, especially as a way of earning money …

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  • 7smuggler — (smo gleur) s. m. 1°   Navire qui fait la contre bande entre l Angleterre et la France.    Adjectivement. Navire smuggler. 2°   Celui qui fait la contre bande entre l Angleterre et la France. De hardis smugglers.    On le trouve écrit smogleur.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 8smuggler — smug|gler [ˈsmʌgələ US ər] n someone who takes something illegally from one country to another ▪ a drug smuggler …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9smuggler — noun (C) someone who takes something illegally from one country to another: a drug smuggler …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10smuggler — smuggle ► VERB 1) move (goods) illegally into or out of a country. 2) convey secretly and illicitly. DERIVATIVES smuggler noun smuggling noun. ORIGIN Low German smuggelen …

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