schmuggeln — meaning in English

English meaning

• bootleg verb To make, transport, or sell something illegally, especially alcohol or unauthorized copies of copyrighted material.
• smuggle verb To move goods or people illegally across a border or past authorities, avoiding taxes, laws, or detection.

Senses

schmuggeln is used for these senses in English:

• bootleg (chiefly, US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.

bootleg — full definition

1. verb To make, transport, or sell something illegally, especially alcohol or unauthorized copies of copyrighted material.
2. noun An illegally made or sold product, especially an unauthorized recording or a knockoff item.
3. adj Made, sold, or copied illegally.

smuggle — full definition

1. verb To move goods or people illegally across a border or past authorities, avoiding taxes, laws, or detection.
2. verb To bring something in secretly, not necessarily illegally.

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