smuggle
gb/smˈʌɡəl/ us/smˈʌɡəl/
B2
Englisch
csempész, becsempész, kicsempész, belecsempész
VERB
B2
1
csempész
B2
Verwendungsmuster:
smuggle [goods/someone] into/out of/across [a country/border]
Customs officers caught him trying to smuggle cocaine through the airport.
A vámosok elkapták, amikor kokaint próbált a repülőtéren keresztül átcsempészni.
The gang smuggled weapons across the border.
A banda fegyvereket csempészett át a határon.
Several families paid a driver to smuggle them into the country.
Beispiele für Lernende
They tried to smuggle drugs in a suitcase.
Megpróbáltak drogokat becsempészni egy bőröndben.
Police stopped a truck smuggling people across the border.
A rendőrség megállított egy teherautót, amely embereket csempészett át a határon.
Häufiger Fehler:
Use smuggle for secret or illegal movement; use import or export for legal trade. A person who does this is a smuggler.
Bedeutung
Move illegally across borders
Wortverbindungen
smuggle drugs
|smuggle weapons
|smuggle contraband
|smuggle cigarettes
|smuggle cash
|smuggle migrants
|smuggle refugees
|smuggle across the border
|smuggle into the country
|smuggle out of the country
Synonyme
traffic (often suggests organized illegal trade, especially in drugs, weapons, or people)
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sneak (more general and informal; not always illegal)
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run (informal; often used for repeatedly moving contraband)
Antonyme
declare (to report goods officially at customs instead of hiding them)
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import legally (to bring goods into a country through lawful channels)
Themen
crime
|law
|travel
|immigration
Definition
To secretly and illegally move things or people across a border.
To take, send, or bring goods or people into, out of, or across a country or border secretly and illegally.
VERB
B2
2
becsempész
B2
kicsempész
B2
Verwendungsmuster:
smuggle [something] into/out of/past [a place/person]
We smuggled popcorn into the cinema in a backpack.
Hátizsákban becsempésztünk popcornt a moziba.
The prisoner smuggled a note out to his lawyer.
A rab kicsempészett egy üzenetet az ügyvédjének.
Security checks made it difficult to smuggle a camera past the gate.
Beispiele für Lernende
She smuggled candy into class.
Becsempészett némi édességet az órára.
He tried to smuggle his phone into the exam.
Megpróbálta becsempészni a telefonját a vizsgára.
Häufiger Fehler:
Smuggle implies hiding something from someone; do not use it for normal open carrying.
Bedeutung
Sneak forbidden items into places
Wortverbindungen
smuggle snacks into a movie theater
|smuggle a phone into an exam
|smuggle alcohol into a concert
|smuggle a camera past security
|smuggle notes into class
|smuggle food into a hotel
|smuggle a letter out of prison
Synonyme
sneak (more informal and general)
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slip (suggests moving something quietly or discreetly)
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hide (focuses on concealment rather than movement)
Antonyme
hand over (to give something to an authority instead of hiding it)
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show (to let someone see something rather than conceal it)
Themen
daily_life
|security
|school
|entertainment
Definition
To hide something and take it somewhere where it is not allowed.
To take or bring something into, out of, or past a place secretly, especially because it is not allowed there.
VERB
C1
3
belecsempész
C1
Verwendungsmuster:
smuggle [an idea/message/joke/reference] into [something]
The writer smuggled a sharp criticism of the government into a comedy sketch.
Az író egy humoros jelenetbe csempészett bele egy éles kormánykritikát.
He managed to smuggle a reference to his favorite band into the presentation.
Sikerült az előadásba belecsempésznie egy utalást a kedvenc zenekarára.
The film smuggles serious questions about grief into a superhero story.
Beispiele für Lernende
She smuggled a small joke into her speech.
Egy kis viccet csempészett a beszédébe.
The story smuggles in an important message.
A történet észrevétlenül belecsempész egy fontos üzenetet.
Häufiger Fehler:
This figurative use usually takes objects like idea, joke, message, or reference, not physical items.
Bedeutung
Slip ideas into content
Wortverbindungen
smuggle an idea into an article
|smuggle a joke into a speech
|smuggle a reference into a scene
|smuggle a message into a song
|smuggle a criticism into a report
|smuggle a detail into a story
|smuggle politics into a film
Synonyme
slip (casual; suggests adding something quietly)
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sneak (informal; suggests doing it without people noticing)
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weave in (suggests skillfully integrating something, with less sense of secrecy)
Antonyme
state openly (to express an idea directly rather than hide it)
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exclude (to leave something out rather than put it in)
Themen
communication
|writing
|media
|creativity
Definition
To put an idea or message into a text, speech, film, or conversation in a hidden or subtle way.
To include or introduce an idea, message, joke, reference, or detail in something quietly or indirectly, so that it is not obvious at first.
Grammatik
Grundform
smuggle
IPA
GB/smˈʌɡəl/
US/smˈʌɡəl/
Silben & Betonung
smuggle (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (smuggle)
Wortformen
Verb
- Base: smuggle
- 3rd Person Singular: smuggles
- Present Participle: smuggling
- Past: smuggled
Ausdrücke
smuggle something through
1/smˈʌɡəl sˈʌmθɪŋ θɹˈu/
phrasal verb
Quietly pass for approval
To make people accept or approve a change without drawing attention to it.
Beispiele
- The company tried to smuggle the change through in a routine update to the contract.
- Opposition MPs accused the government of smuggling the policy through Parliament.
- The committee noticed the extra clause before anyone could smuggle it through.
Beispiele für Lernende
- They tried to smuggle the new rule through quietly.