smuggle
Move goods illegally
To smuggle is to move goods or people illegally across a border or past a checkpoint, evading customs, immigration, or other authorities.
The word extends to any secretive conveyance: She smuggled cookies into the movie theater.
A smuggler deals in contraband—drugs, weapons, endangered species, or people seeking illegal entry.
Price-fixing coalition
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- ringClosed curve shape
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- courierDelivery person or service
kingpin · trafficker · middleman · operative · contact · route · pipeline · handler
Intentionally concealed
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
undetected · evasion · sneak · infiltrate · ghost · shadow · incognito · cloak-and-dagger
Conceal or pelt
- stashHidden reserve
- concealKeep from being seen
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- secretConcealed information
disguise · camouflage · compartment · hollowed-out · taped · swallowed · hidden · tucked
Inspection station on route
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- frontierEdge of settlement
immigration · inspection · jurisdiction · coastline · tunnel · fence · duty-free · declaration
Drugs inducing sleep, numbness
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
- weaponsTools for fighting
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
tobacco · alcohol · counterfeit · pharmaceuticals · antiquities · artifacts · currency · diamonds
cartel
Price-fixing coalition
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- ringClosed curve shape
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
courier · kingpin · trafficker · middleman · operative · contact · route · pipeline · handler · runner
covert
Intentionally concealed
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
surreptitious · undetected · evasion · sneak · infiltrate · ghost · shadow · incognito · cloak-and-dagger · under-the-radar
hide
Conceal or pelt
secret · disguise · camouflage · compartment · hollowed-out · taped · swallowed · hidden · tucked · wrapped
checkpoint
Inspection station on route
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- patrolRegular surveillance route
frontier · immigration · inspection · jurisdiction · coastline · tunnel · fence · duty-free · declaration · seizure
narcotics
Drugs inducing sleep, numbness
wildlife · tobacco · alcohol · counterfeit · pharmaceuticals · antiquities · artifacts · currency · diamonds · gems
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- Dutch Loanwordsdike, dyke, polder, dune, easel
- smugglingcontraband, drug trafficking, courier, trafficking, illicit goods
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
- drug slangweed, pot, grass, marijuana, cannabis
- arms smugglingIllegal weapons trafficking
- drug smugglingIllegal transport of narcotics
- smuggling ringsCriminal networks transporting contraband
- human smugglingIllegal transport of persons
- people smugglingIllegally transporting persons across borders
- smuggling routePath for moving contraband
smuggling, smuggler, smuggled, smugglers, smuggles, antismuggling