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schmuggeln

to smuggle

verb SHMOOG-eln Rare
People & Society Crime

Usage Note

schmuggeln means to smuggle goods illegally across a border. It is regular: schmuggelte, geschmuggelt. The noun is Schmuggel and the agent a Schmuggler. Figuratively one can etwas einschmuggeln (to slip something in unnoticed).

Examples

"Sie versuchten, Zigaretten ueber die Grenze zu schmuggeln."

Natural Translation

They tried to smuggle cigarettes across the border.

Literal Translation

They tried, cigarettes over the border to smuggle.

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