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    smuggle
    smug‧gle /ˈsmʌɡəl/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Low German
     Origin: smuggeln and Dutch smokkelen
    1. to take something or someone illegally from one country to another
        smuggle something across something
        The guns were smuggled across the border.
        smuggle something into/out of/from something
        Illegal immigrants are smuggled into the country by boat.
    2. informal to take something or someone secretly to a place where they are not allowed to be
        smuggle something into something
        He smuggled his notes into the exam.