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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