smuggled
Snuck across borders
Smuggled is the past tense of smuggle—to move goods or people illegally across borders or past authorities.
The word implies secrecy and evasion: smuggled drugs, smuggled weapons, smuggled immigrants.
Things can be smuggled into or out of places: She smuggled a candy bar into the movie theater.
The term extends to any covert transfer: He smuggled a note to his friend during class.
Drugs inducing sleep, numbness
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
- opiumNarcotic from scored seedpods
- marijuanaPsychoactive hemp plant
drugs · weapons · arms · firearms · ivory · wildlife · artifacts · antiquities
Illegal transport for profit
- black-marketIllicit trading network
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- borderOuter edge or limit
tariffs · import · export · embargo · sanctions · prohibition · cartel · syndicate
Inclined to conceal
- hiddenKept out of sight
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
covert · undercover · concealed · undetected · unseen · disguised · camouflaged · veiled
narcotics
Drugs inducing sleep, numbness
marijuana · drugs · weapons · arms · firearms · ivory · wildlife · artifacts · antiquities · diamonds
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- black-marketIllicit trading network
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
border · tariffs · import · export · embargo · sanctions · prohibition · cartel · syndicate · distribution
secretive
Inclined to conceal
- hiddenKept out of sight
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
stealthy · covert · undercover · concealed · undetected · unseen · disguised · camouflaged · veiled · shrouded
concealment
Act of hiding something
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- swallowedPassed through throat
- strappedLacking available funds
luggage · container · tunnel · mule · courier · carrier · vessel · boat · truck · crate
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- fake goodsfake, counterfeit, knockoff, forged, imitation
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
smuggledlegal
Permitted by statute
licensed · authorized · permitted · lawful · licit
smuggleddeclared
Stated with authority
disclosed · documented · manifested · registered · inspected
- 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, smuggle, smuggler, smugglers, smuggles, antismuggling