smuggled

Example Sentences

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North Korea’s pre-Covid economy had increasingly centered on black markets selling goods smuggled from China or under-the-table local goods—and with it the rise of a “donju” merchant class who made their wealth outside state control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Larissa Rodrigues from the Escolhas Institute said that due to a government clampdown, gold that previously "exited Brazil through the front door" was being smuggled out through countries like Guyana or Venezuela.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Diversity was not smuggled into this agency by ideologues.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Two months before that, authorities arrested a man after concluding he had smuggled six birds in his boots and six more in his car — two of them dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

If Holly had somehow smuggled an acorn in here, then one square centimeter of ground would be enough.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer