[f. SMUGGLE v.1] That smuggles, or is engaged in smuggling:
a. Of persons.
1816. Scott, Lett., in Lockhart (1837), IV. i. 10. A pirate, or an outlaw, or a smuggling bandit. Ibid. (1824), Redgauntlet, ch. xxiii. ‘Is this the smuggling fellow?’ demanded Redgauntlet.
1884. Pae, Eustace, xix. 244. Every smuggling rascal of them has fled to his hole.
b. Of vessels.
Perh. properly an attributive use of the vbl. sb.
1813. Examiner, 21 Feb., 122/2. The prisoner … was mate of a smuggling cutter.
1815. Scott, Guy M., iii. A smuggling lugger from the Isle of Man.
1836. Marryat, Pirate, etc. (Rtldg.), 174. I … have sent them in the smuggling vessel.
