smuggle

Example Sentences

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Super Micro got hit hard last week after one of its board members was arrested by federal authorities under charges of helping to smuggle Nvidia chips to China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Two men appeared in a Nairobi court on Tuesday accused of attempting to smuggle thousands of ants to China, a lucrative trade exposed last year in the east African country.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Hiding vegetables in food is usually framed as a parenting tactic — a way to smuggle spinach past a suspicious toddler.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

In the second case, prosecutors say a man tried to smuggle 14 keel-billed toucans, which he had concealed inside the dashboard of his Volkswagen Passat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

They begin haggling over a price like I've seen the women in jail do when someone has been able to smuggle in a thing from outside that everyone else wants.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman