smuggle

• Verbo usado para designar o transporte ilegal de mercadorias ou pessoas através da fronteira de um país ou território, geralmente de forma oculta para evitar a fiscalização.

A verb used to indicate the act of moving goods or people illegally into or out of a country or area.

1. Import or export illegallyB2formal

   To bring goods into or out of a country secretly and illegally, often to avoid paying customs duties or taxes.

   Contrabandear

   • They were caught trying to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
   • He was arrested for smuggling diamonds into the country.
   • The gang smuggled electronics without paying any import duties.

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2. Convey secretlyB2formal

   To move something or someone secretly and illegally, often in violation of laws or regulations.

   Contrabandear

   • The refugees were smuggled out of the war zone in a truck.
   • She smuggled a note to her friend during the exam.
   • They smuggled the artwork out of the museum under cover of darkness.

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