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smuggler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsmʌɡ.əl.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈsmʌɡ.lə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- Proto-Indo-European *smewg-der. Proto-Germanic *smeuganą Proto-West Germanic *smeugan Old Dutch *smūgan Middle Dutch *smugen Proto-Germanic *-lōną Proto-West Germanic *-lōn Old Dutch -lon Middle Dutch -elen Middle Dutch *smuggelen Dutch smokkelenbor.? Low German smuggelnbor.? English smuckle English smuggle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smuggler From smuggle + -er.

Meanings

1. One who smuggles things.
   • Cabbage Moh, a Cantonese smuggler and drug dealer from triad-controlled Shumchun on the Hong Kong border, sees an opportunity to the north and opens dens supplying dope and philopon ferried up the Soochow Creek and distributed out of Fah Wah Village, adjacent to the new sin strip. 2018, Paul French, City of Devils, Picador, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 118:
   • Every time the little gate creaks--I'm in the shed with the tanks at the end of the garden--I wonder from which of my pasts the person is arriving, seeking me out even here: maybe it is only the past of yesterday and of this same suburb, the squat Arab garbage collector who in October begins his rounds for tips, house by house, with a Happy New Year card, because he says that his colleagues keep all the December tips for themselves and he never gets a penny; but it could also be the more distant pasts pursuing old Ruedi, finding the little gate in the Impasse: smugglers from Valais, mercenaries from Katanga, croupiers from the Veradero casino and the days of Fulgencio Batista. 1979, Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
2. A vessel employed in smuggling.

Forms

Deriveds

budgie smuggler · grape smuggler · smuggler's moon · antismuggler · people smuggler

Synonyms

contrabandist · contrabander

Translations (93)

kmr qaçaxçî (One who smuggles things) · cmn 走私販 /走私贩 (One who smuggles things) · cmn 走私船 (a vessel employed in smuggling) · et salakaubavedaja (One who smuggles things) · kk контрабандашы (One who smuggles things) · nb smugler (One who smuggles things) · cs pašerák (One who smuggles things) · cs podloudnice (One who smuggles things) · uk контрабанди́стка (One who smuggles things) · tk kontrabandaçy (One who smuggles things) · pl szmuglerka (One who smuggles things) · uk контрабанди́ст (One who smuggles things) · bg контрабанди́ст (One who smuggles things) · ar مُهَرِّب (One who smuggles things) · ky аткезчи (One who smuggles things) · fa قاچاقچی (One who smuggles things) · es contrabandista (One who smuggles things) · be кантрабанды́стка (One who smuggles things) · fi salakuljettaja (One who smuggles things) · uz kontrabandist (One who smuggles things) · el λαθρέμπορος (One who smuggles things) · mi kaikawe toropuku (One who smuggles things) · ps قاچاقچي (One who smuggles things) · fr contrebandière (One who smuggles things) · pl przemytnik (One who smuggles things) · ru контрабанди́стка (One who smuggles things) · it contrabbandiere (One who smuggles things) · ky контрабандист (One who smuggles things) · he מַברִיחַ (One who smuggles things) · cs podloudník (One who smuggles things) · sq kontrabandist (One who smuggles things) · id penyelundup (One who smuggles things) · is smyglari (One who smuggles things) · tr kaçakçı (One who smuggles things) · vi người buôn lậu (One who smuggles things) · sv smugglare (One who smuggles things) · lv kontrabandists (One who smuggles things) · ko 밀수범 (One who smuggles things) · mk криумчар (One who smuggles things) · ru контрабанди́ст (One who smuggles things) · hu csempész (One who smuggles things) · cs pašeračka (One who smuggles things) · tl mamumuslit (One who smuggles things) · sk pašeračka (One who smuggles things) · mk шверцер (One who smuggles things) · cmn 走私者 (One who smuggles things) · ko 밀수업자 (One who smuggles things) · nl smokkelaar (One who smuggles things) · ro contrabandist (One who smuggles things) · sl tihotapec (One who smuggles things) · pt contrabandista (One who smuggles things) · ka კონტრაბანდისტი (One who smuggles things) · kmr qaçax (One who smuggles things) · ug ئەتكەسچى (One who smuggles things) · ps قاچاقبر (One who smuggles things) · mr तस्कर (One who smuggles things) · pl kontrabandzista (One who smuggles things) · ms penyeludup (One who smuggles things) · ky контрабандачы (One who smuggles things) · bg контрабанди́стка (One who smuggles things) · hy մաքսանենգ (One who smuggles things) · ja 密輸業者 (One who smuggles things) · de Schmuggler (One who smuggles things) · az qaçaq (One who smuggles things) · sh крѝјумча̄р (One who smuggles things) · nn smuglar (One who smuggles things) · hi तस्कर (One who smuggles things) · fr contrebandier (One who smuggles things) · ko 밀수선 (a vessel employed in smuggling) · da smugler (One who smuggles things) · sk pašerák (One who smuggles things) · ca passador (One who smuggles things) · sl tihotapka (One who smuggles things) · nrf fraudeux (One who smuggles things) · ca contrabandista (One who smuggles things) · sh krìjumčār (One who smuggles things) · mi kaikuhu tāhae (One who smuggles things) · cmn 走私犯 (One who smuggles things) · ja 密輸船 (a vessel employed in smuggling) · lt kontrabandininkas (One who smuggles things) · be кантрабанды́ст (One who smuggles things) · az qaçaqçı (One who smuggles things) · nrf baté fraudeur (a vessel employed in smuggling) · gl contrabandista (One who smuggles things) · pl szmugler (One who smuggles things) · mi kaikawe tāhae (One who smuggles things) · pl kontrabandzistka (One who smuggles things) · tk gaçakçy (One who smuggles things) · pl przemytniczka (One who smuggles things) · tg қочоқчӣ (One who smuggles things) · th ผู้ลักลอบ (One who smuggles things) · de Schmugglerin (One who smuggles things) · uz kontrabandachi (One who smuggles things)