smuggle

schmuggeln

Waren heimlich über eine Grenze bringen, ohne die vorgeschriebenen Abgaben zu zahlen.

In einfachem Englisch: To secretly take goods across a border without paying the required taxes.

• They smuggled cigarettes across the border.
• Customs officers caught him trying to smuggle expensive watches.
• The gang had smuggled tobacco into the country for years.

So benutzt man es: smuggle something into somewhere (They smuggled tobacco into the country.); smuggle something across something (He smuggled watches across the border.)

Synonyme: run

Häufige Wendungen: smuggle cigarettes, smuggle goods, smuggle across borders