noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An act of something being smuggled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of smuggle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: importing, importation
Narrower terms: gunrunning
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kontrabandë
— an act of something being smuggled
Arabic:
تَهْرِيب
(tahrīb)
— an act of something being smuggled
Armenian:
մաքսանենգություն
(makʻsanengutʻyun)
— an act of something being smuggled
Azerbaijani:
qaçaqmalçılıq
— an act of something being smuggled
Belarusian:
кантраба́нда
(kantrabánda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Bulgarian:
контраба́нда
(kontrabánda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Chinese Cantonese:
走私
(zau2 si1)
— an act of something being smuggled
Chinese Mandarin:
走私
(zǒusī)
— an act of something being smuggled
Czech:
pašeráctví
— an act of something being smuggled
Danish:
smugling
— an act of something being smuggled
Danish:
smugleri
— an act of something being smuggled
Dutch:
smokkel
— an act of something being smuggled
Esperanto:
kontrabando
— an act of something being smuggled
Estonian:
salakaubavedu
— an act of something being smuggled
Finnish:
salakuljetus
— an act of something being smuggled
French:
trafique
— an act of something being smuggled
Galician:
contrabando
— an act of something being smuggled
Georgian:
კონტრაბანდა
(ḳonṭrabanda)
— an act of something being smuggled
German:
Schmuggel
— an act of something being smuggled
Greek:
λαθρεμπόριο
(lathrempório)
— an act of something being smuggled
Hindi:
तस्करी
(taskarī)
— an act of something being smuggled
Hungarian:
csempészet
— an act of something being smuggled
Icelandic:
smygl
— an act of something being smuggled
Indonesian:
penyeludupan
— an act of something being smuggled
Interlingua:
contrabando
— an act of something being smuggled
Italian:
contrabbando
— an act of something being smuggled
Japanese:
密輸
(mitsuyu)
— an act of something being smuggled
Japanese:
密航
(mikkō)
— an act of something being smuggled
Kazakh:
контрабанда
(kontrabanda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Korean:
밀수
(milsu)
— an act of something being smuggled
Korean:
밀항
(milhang)
— an act of something being smuggled
Kyrgyz:
контрабанда
(kontrabanda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Latin:
contrabannum
— an act of something being smuggled
Latvian:
kontrabanda
— an act of something being smuggled
Lithuanian:
kontrabanda
— an act of something being smuggled
Macedonian:
криумчарење
(kriumčarenje)
— an act of something being smuggled
Macedonian:
шверцање
(švercanje)
— an act of something being smuggled
Malay:
penyeludupan
— an act of something being smuggled
Neapolitan:
cuntrabbando
— an act of something being smuggled
Norman:
fraude
— an act of something being smuggled
Norwegian Bokmål:
smugling
— an act of something being smuggled
Norwegian Nynorsk:
smugling
— an act of something being smuggled
Persian:
قاچاق
(qâčâq)
— an act of something being smuggled
Polish:
przemyt
— an act of something being smuggled
Polish:
kontrabanda
— an act of something being smuggled
Polish:
szmugiel
— an act of something being smuggled
Polish:
szmuglerka
— an act of something being smuggled
Portuguese:
contrabando
— an act of something being smuggled
Romanian:
contrabandă
— an act of something being smuggled
Russian:
контраба́нда
(kontrabánda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Serbo-Croatian:
кријумча́рење
— an act of something being smuggled
Serbo-Croatian:
krijumčárenje
— an act of something being smuggled
Sikkimese:
སྐོག་ཚོང
(skog tshong)
— an act of something being smuggled
Slovak:
pašovanie
— an act of something being smuggled
Slovak:
pašeráctvo
— an act of something being smuggled
Slovene:
tihotapljenje
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
contrabando
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
matute
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
chancuco
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
falluca
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
fayuca
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
estraperlo
— an act of something being smuggled
Spanish:
meteduría
— an act of something being smuggled
Swedish:
smuggling
— an act of something being smuggled
Tajik:
қочоқ
(qočoq)
— an act of something being smuggled
Tajik:
қочоқчигӣ
(qočoqčigi)
— an act of something being smuggled
Tajik:
контрабанда
(kontrabanda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Tatar:
контрабанда
(qontrabanda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Thai:
การลักลอบ
(gaan-lák-lɔ̂ɔp)
— an act of something being smuggled
Turkish:
kaçakçılık
— an act of something being smuggled
Ukrainian:
контраба́нда
(kontrabánda)
— an act of something being smuggled
Urdu:
قاچاق
(qācāq)
— an act of something being smuggled
Uyghur:
ئەتكەسچىلىك
(etkeschilik)
— an act of something being smuggled
Uzbek:
kontrabanda
— an act of something being smuggled
Vietnamese:
buôn lậu
— an act of something being smuggled