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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 patterns, which were somewhat consistent for many years, have shifted every few months since 2021, Isacson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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 is costing the country about 36 tons of gold annually, according to a report issued this month by the Center for Natural Resource Governance, a local natural resources watchdog.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2022

Smuggling was extensively carried on in the West Indies, and a war of retaliatory legislation in regard to shipping characterized the whole decade.

From Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Turner, Frederick Jackson




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