Lexic.us

Definition of Smuggled

1. Adjective. Distributed or sold illicitly. "The black economy pays no taxes"

Definition of Smuggled

1. Verb. (past of smuggle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smuggled

1. smuggle [v] - See also: smuggle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smuggled

Literary usage of Smuggled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance: In Four Books; I. Of Marine Insurances by Samuel Marshall (1802)
"This may be done under the following heads, viz. i'. smuggled goods; 2. Prohibited commerce with the ..."

2. Importers First Aid in American Tariff and Customs Procedure by George Koehler (1919)
"... smuggled Goods SEC. 7. Under Section 4 of the Act of June 22, 1874, it is provided : "That whenever any officer of the customs or other person shall ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the Writs of Assistance, which permitted customs officials to enter any house, search for smuggled goods, and on suspicion seize what they might find. ..."

4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Yon cask holds moonlight, run when moon was none. A cant term for smuggled spirits. ... smuggled ..."

5. The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke by Hugh A. Garland (1851)
"COMPROMISE BILL smuggled THROUGH THE HOUSE. MR. RANDOLPH'S opposition to the Missouri Bill, with the obnoxious clause in it prohibiting slavery beyond a ..."

6. Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1885)
"Some people here think, that corn is smuggled in even now ! Perhaps it is, upon the whole, best that the delusion should continue for a year longer; ..."

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