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smuggler

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈsmʌɡ.lə(ɹ)//
  • United Kingdom//ˈsmʌɡ.əl.ə(ɹ)//

One who smuggles things.

noun

  1. 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.

  2. 2

    A vessel employed in smuggling.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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.

Forms

plural
smugglers
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