Standard Lemma guide

smuggler

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsmʌɡ.lə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /ˈsmʌɡ.əl.ə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S M AH1 G L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S M AH1 G AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who smuggles things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vessel employed in smuggling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor

Narrower terms: coyote, gunrunner, arms-runner, rumrunner

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kontrabandist — One who smuggles things
  • Arabic: مُهَرِّب (muharrib) — One who smuggles things
  • Armenian: մաքսանենգ (makʻsaneng) — One who smuggles things
  • Azerbaijani: qaçaq — One who smuggles things
  • Azerbaijani: qaçaqçı — One who smuggles things
  • Belarusian: кантрабанды́ст (kantrabandýst) — One who smuggles things
  • Belarusian: кантрабанды́стка (kantrabandýstka) — One who smuggles things
  • Bulgarian: контрабанди́ст (kontrabandíst) — One who smuggles things
  • Bulgarian: контрабанди́стка (kontrabandístka) — One who smuggles things
  • Catalan: contrabandista — One who smuggles things
  • Catalan: passador — One who smuggles things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走私者 (zǒusīzhě) — One who smuggles things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走私販 /走私贩 (zǒusīfàn) — One who smuggles things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走私犯 (zǒusīfàn) — One who smuggles things
  • Czech: pašerák — One who smuggles things
  • Czech: pašeračka — One who smuggles things
  • Czech: podloudník — One who smuggles things
  • Czech: podloudnice — One who smuggles things
  • Danish: smugler — One who smuggles things
  • Dutch: smokkelaar — One who smuggles things
  • Estonian: salakaubavedaja — One who smuggles things
  • Finnish: salakuljettaja — One who smuggles things
  • French: contrebandier — One who smuggles things
  • French: contrebandière — One who smuggles things
  • Galician: contrabandista — One who smuggles things
  • Georgian: კონტრაბანდისტი (ḳonṭrabandisṭi) — One who smuggles things
  • German: Schmuggler — One who smuggles things
  • German: Schmugglerin — One who smuggles things
  • Greek: λαθρέμπορος (lathrémporos) — One who smuggles things
  • Hebrew: מַברִיחַ — One who smuggles things
  • Hindi: तस्कर (taskar) — One who smuggles things
  • Hungarian: csempész — One who smuggles things
  • Icelandic: smyglari — One who smuggles things
  • Indonesian: penyelundup — One who smuggles things
  • Italian: contrabbandiere — One who smuggles things
  • Japanese: 密輸業者 (mitsuyu gyōsha) — One who smuggles things
  • Kazakh: контрабандашы (kontrabandaşy) — One who smuggles things
  • Korean: 밀수범 (milsubeom) — One who smuggles things
  • Korean: 밀수업자 (milsueopja) — One who smuggles things
  • Northern Kurdish: qaçax — One who smuggles things
  • Northern Kurdish: qaçaxçî — One who smuggles things
  • Kyrgyz: контрабандист (kontrabandist) — One who smuggles things
  • Kyrgyz: контрабандачы (kontrabandacı) — One who smuggles things
  • Kyrgyz: аткезчи (atkezci) — One who smuggles things
  • Latvian: kontrabandists — One who smuggles things
  • Lithuanian: kontrabandininkas — One who smuggles things
  • Macedonian: криумчар (kriumčar) — One who smuggles things
  • Macedonian: шверцер (švercer) — One who smuggles things
  • Malay: penyeludup — One who smuggles things
  • Māori: kaikuhu tāhae — One who smuggles things
  • Māori: kaikawe tāhae — One who smuggles things
  • Māori: kaikawe toropuku — One who smuggles things
  • Marathi: तस्कर (taskar) — One who smuggles things
  • Norman: fraudeux — One who smuggles things
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smugler — One who smuggles things
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smuglar — One who smuggles things
  • Pashto: قاچاقچي (qāčāqči) — One who smuggles things
  • Pashto: قاچاقبر (qāčāqbar) — One who smuggles things
  • Persian: قاچاقچی (qâčâqči) — One who smuggles things
  • Polish: przemytnik — One who smuggles things
  • Polish: przemytniczka — One who smuggles things
  • Polish: szmugler — One who smuggles things
  • Polish: szmuglerka — One who smuggles things
  • Polish: kontrabandzista — One who smuggles things
  • Polish: kontrabandzistka — One who smuggles things
  • Portuguese: contrabandista — One who smuggles things
  • Romanian: contrabandist — One who smuggles things
  • Russian: контрабанди́ст (kontrabandíst) — One who smuggles things
  • Russian: контрабанди́стка (kontrabandístka) — One who smuggles things
  • Serbo-Croatian: крѝјумча̄р — One who smuggles things
  • Serbo-Croatian: krìjumčār — One who smuggles things
  • Slovak: pašerák — One who smuggles things
  • Slovak: pašeračka — One who smuggles things
  • Slovene: tihotapec — One who smuggles things
  • Slovene: tihotapka — One who smuggles things
  • Spanish: contrabandista — One who smuggles things
  • Swedish: smugglare — One who smuggles things
  • Tagalog: mamumuslit — One who smuggles things
  • Tajik: қочоқчӣ (qočoqči) — One who smuggles things
  • Thai: ผู้ลักลอบ — One who smuggles things
  • Turkish: kaçakçı — One who smuggles things
  • Turkmen: kontrabandaçy — One who smuggles things
  • Turkmen: gaçakçy — One who smuggles things
  • Ukrainian: контрабанди́ст (kontrabandýst) — One who smuggles things
  • Ukrainian: контрабанди́стка (kontrabandýstka) — One who smuggles things
  • Uyghur: ئەتكەسچى (etkeschi) — One who smuggles things
  • Uzbek: kontrabandist — One who smuggles things
  • Uzbek: kontrabandachi — One who smuggles things
  • Vietnamese: người buôn lậu — One who smuggles things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走私船 (zǒusī chuán) — a vessel employed in smuggling
  • Japanese: 密輸船 (mitsuyusen) — a vessel employed in smuggling
  • Korean: 밀수선 (milsuseon) — a vessel employed in smuggling
  • Norman: baté fraudeur — a vessel employed in smuggling
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