[f. SMUGGLE v.1] Clandestine importation of goods, etc.
1728. Chambers, Cycl., Smuggling, a cant Term for the Running of Goods.
1769. Blackstone, Comm., IV. 155. Smuggling, or the offence of importing goods without paying the duties imposed thereon by the laws of the customs and excise.
1845. McCulloch, Taxation, II. ix. (1852), 330. The true way to suppress smuggling is to render it unprofitable.
1894. J. Macintosh, Ayrshire Nts. Entert., vii. 109. The smuggling of tea, tobacco, and brandy formed one of the staple industries of the place.
attrib. 1698. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), IV. 409. Mr. David Barrau, committed to Newgate for the smugling trade, has paid his fine.
1748. Anson’s Voy., I. ix. 85. These smuggling engagements are doubtless very extensive.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xxxiii. I readily joined Wilson in a perilous smuggling adventure.
