smuggled

in Vietnamese Chở hàng hóa trái phép, buôn lậu

BrE /ˈsmʌɡəl/ AmE /ˈsmʌɡəl/

verb en → vi

past smuggled pp smuggled ing smuggling

1 ILLEGAL TRANSPORT [transitive] B2

Chở hàng hóa trái phép, buôn lậu

to bring goods into a country secretly and illegally, to avoid paying tax or breaking the law

  • smuggle something into/out of somewhere

Collocations smuggle drugs into the country · smuggle cigarettes out of the country

  • He was caught smuggling drugs into the country.

    Anh ta bị bắt vì chở ma túy vào nước này trái phép.

2 SECRET MOVEMENT [transitive] B2

Chuyển động bí mật, lén lút

to move something secretly and illegally, especially to avoid being caught or punished

  • smuggle somebody/something somewhere

Collocations smuggle a message to the prisoner · smuggle weapons into the country

  • She smuggled a letter out of the prison.

    Cô ta đã lén đưa một lá thư ra khỏi nhà tù.