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smuggling

NOUN
bootlegging
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Appeared in the March 25, 2026, print edition as 'Israel Hits Smuggling In Caspian'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Smuggling tunnels that run between Egypt and the Gaza Strip are known to stretch under the area.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

"Smuggling networks understand that and work, organically, to feed misinformation, to feed the fear, so that the migrants try to make it however they can."

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

Smuggling migrants in tractor-trailers has become a common practice along the Southwest border.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Smuggling was more effectually checked, and the irritation caused by the loss of trade was aggravated by the roughness with which the seamen enforced the law.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane




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