smuggling

smuggle (someone or something) across

To transport someone or something across (some place or border) in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs with me." B: "I'll try to smuggle some across for you the next time I come to visit." The man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling people across the border.
See also: across, smuggle

smuggle (someone or something) into (some place)

To transport someone or something into some place in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs with me." B: "I'll try to smuggle some into the country for you the next time I come to visit." I tried smuggling my friend into the party by having her hide in a suitcase that I said had stereo equipment in it.
See also: smuggle

smuggle (someone or something) past (someone or something)

To transport someone or something across some border or past a person or organization who monitors such a border in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs with me." B: "I'll try to smuggle some past customs for you the next time I come to visit." They had been smuggling drugs past the border patrol by hiding them inside of tubs of ice cream.
See also: past, smuggle

smuggle (someone or something) through (something or some place)

To transport someone or something across some border or past an organization that monitors it in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs with me." B: "I'll try to smuggle some through customs for you the next time I come to visit." I managed to smuggle nearly three pounds of weed through the border.
See also: smuggle, through

smuggle in

1. To transport someone or something in (to something or some place) in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A noun or pronoun can be used between "smuggle" and "in." A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs." B: "I'll try to smuggle in a bit of it with me the next time I come to visit." I tried smuggling my friend in the party by having her hide in a suitcase that I said had stereo equipment in it.
2. To hide someone or something inside of something in order to transport them or it without being seen or noticed, especially when it is illegal to do so. A noun or pronoun is used between "smuggle" and "in." He was caught smuggling narcotics in his luggage. The group ran an operation smuggling runaway slaves in coffins that they transported in wagons from the South to the North.
See also: smuggle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • smuggle
  • smuggle (someone or something) across
  • smuggle across
  • smuggle (someone or something) out (of some place)
  • smuggle (someone or something) into (some place)
  • smuggle (someone or something) through (something or some place)
  • smuggle through
  • smuggle in
  • smuggle past
  • smuggle (someone or something) past (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
The conference was organized in the International Gallery of Portraits, which was also a victim of art smuggling. It was this gallery that founded the Anti-Smuggling Center.
He said the people arrested by ANF teams for their involvement in the smuggling of drugs were often released by courts due to lack of evidence.
He said the incumbent government had taken concrete steps for the restoration and development of the industrial sector and stopping smuggling was one of them.
Gold and foreign currency smuggling seem to be peaking due to the forthcoming festive season resulting in high demand for gold in India.
The customs official said this was the latest report on smuggling in Pakistan, as the concerned department updates the report once in two to three years.
He said that the Customs Department is playing an important role in overcoming this smuggling. During this year 1 million and 64 thousand litres of smuggled diesel had been seized which avoided a great loss to national treasure.
He added that smuggling was taking place through illegal border crossings into the Baalbeck-Hermel region.
THE Fight Illicit Trade (Fight IT) movement has created the Anti-Crime Council of the Philippines (ACCP) in a bid to fight all forms of criminality, especially the smuggling of various goods in the country.
dpa Colombo Sri Lanka has intensified its customs checks after a rise in the number of people smuggling gold into the country in an attempt to avoid a new tax on gold imports, a senior official said Thursday.
Attah said there had been a lot of anti-smuggling strategies by the Service to ensure that smuggling of goods were curbed.
Cleveland Police officers arrested a 37-year-old man on the A19 near Wolviston services on suspicion of people smuggling and money laundering offences.
LAHORE -- The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for firm action against smuggling which is causing huge loss to the national exchequer and the local industries.
As explained, we would like to provide a general overview to our audience of the phenomena of human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
A GUWAHATI- BASED bullion trader has been arrested for smuggling 7,000kg of gold through Indo- Myanmar land border and bringing it to Delhi through an airline.