smuggling

noun
🔊/ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/
[uncountable]
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  1. the crime of taking, sending or bringing goods secretly and illegally into or out of a country走私(罪)
    • drug smuggling毒品走私
    see also people smuggling
    Extra Examples
    • The two sailors are caught up in a diamond-smuggling racket.两名海员因走私钻石被捕。
    • They have been charged with people smuggling.他们被指控走私人口。
    • the smuggling of narcotics into the country偷运麻醉品到该国
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • illegal
    • cigarette
    • cocaine
    smuggling + noun
    • attempt
    • gang
    • operation
    preposition
    • smuggling  of
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