smuggle

smuggle
verb
1) (to bring (goods) into, or send them out from, a country illegally, or without paying duty: He was caught smuggling (several thousand cigarettes through the Customs).) pasar de contrabando
2) (to send or take secretly: I smuggled some food out of the kitchen.) pasar a escondidas
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- smuggling
smuggle vb pasar de contrabando
they smuggled drugs into the country metieron las drogas de contrabando en el país
El gerundio de smuggle se escribe smuggling
smuggle
tr['smʌgəl]
transitive verb
1 (illegally) pasar de contrabando
■ he smuggled tobacco into the country entraba tabaco de contrabando en el país
2 (sneak) pasar a escondidas
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to smuggle something through customs pasar algo de contrabando por la aduana
smuggle ['smʌgəl] vt, -gled ; -gling : contrabandear, pasar de contrabando
smuggle
v.
• alijar v.
• hacer contrabando v.
• pasar de contrabando v.
'smʌgəl
transitive verb \<\<tobacco/drugs\>\> contrabandear, pasar de contrabando, hacer* contrabando de

he smuggled the watches past o through customs — pasó los relojes de contrabando (por la aduana)

I smuggled her into my room — la hice entrar a mi habitación a escondidas

['smʌɡl]
1.
VT (=bring or take secretly) pasar de contrabando

smuggled goods — mercancías fpl de contrabando

to smuggle goods in/out — meter/sacar mercancías de contrabando

to smuggle sth past or through Customs — pasar algo de contrabando por la aduana

to smuggle sb out in disguise — pasar a algn disfrazado

2.
VI hacer contrabando, dedicarse al contrabando
* * *
['smʌgəl]
transitive verb \<\<tobacco/drugs\>\> contrabandear, pasar de contrabando, hacer* contrabando de

he smuggled the watches past o through customs — pasó los relojes de contrabando (por la aduana)

I smuggled her into my room — la hice entrar a mi habitación a escondidas


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