SMUGGLE, SMUGGLED, SMUGGLER, SMUGGLING
ADJECTIVES
► UNCUSTOMED smuggled, not having paid duty → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► DUFF counterfeit money, cheques, etc.; smuggled goods; something worthless→ 1781 sl.
► FAIR TRADE smuggling → 1832 Sc. & nautical sl.
► FAIR TRADING smuggling → 1870 Eng. dial.
► HOSPITAL in a smuggling operation: the place where the smuggled goods are picked up → 1956 US sl.
► MOONLIGHT smuggled spirits → 19C sl.
► RABBIT something smuggled or stolen → 1929 naval & Aust. sl.
► RUNNING the act of smuggling goods into or out of a place → 1699
► RUNNING BUSINESS the business of smuggling illegal or contraband goods → 1741
► SMUGGLERY smuggling → 1895
NOUNS – PERSON
► BIKKER a smuggler → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BINGLE BIFF a drug smuggler → 1930s drug trafficking sl.
► DAVY JONES’S NATURAL CHILDREN pirates; smugglers → 19C nautical usage
► FAIR-TRADER a smuggler → 1887 nautical sl.
► GENTLEMAN a smuggler → 1906 euphemism
► GENTLEMEN, THE smugglers → 1884 Eng. dial.
► GWEVA a bootlegger → 1960s S. Afr.
► INTERLOPER a smuggler → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► KENTISH KNOCKER a Kentish smuggler → 1891 obs.
► LORENDRIVER a smuggler → 1649 obs.
► MONKEY-RUNNER a person engaged in the business of smuggling Chinese immigrants into the US; upon detection of the crime, the runner would attempt to hide these immigrants by whatever means necessary, including tossing them overboard if they were still at sea → 19C criminals’ sl.
► MOONLIGHTER a smuggler of illicitly distilled liquor → 1887 sl.
► MOONLIGHT WORKERS smugglers → 1891 US sl. (Bk.)
► MOONRAKER a smuggler → 1796 sl.
► MOONSHINER a smuggler, especially of spirits → 1860 obs.
► OWLER a person engaged in the illegal exportation of wool or sheep from England → 1696 obs.
► PECKMAN a man who carries smuggled spirits through the country → 1825 Sc.
► PULLER a dealer in stolen or smuggled goods → 1956 US sl.
► RABBITER one who makes a habit of smuggling ‘rabbits’ (illicit goods smuggled ashore by Naval ratings going on leave → 20C Royal Navy usage
► SNAKEHEAD a smuggler; someone who smuggles illegal immigrants from mainland China into Hong Kong → 1990s Amer. sl.
► SNEAKER a smuggler → 1956 US sl.
► TANGLER a small-time crook who deals in smuggled or stolen property → 1946 sl.
► WILD-WAVE JOCKEY a rum-runner who transports stuff by water → 1919 US sl.
PHRASES
► BRED IN THE MOONLIGHT bred or brought up to smuggling → 1832 Sc.
VERBS
► MOVE THE LAUNDRY to smuggle illegal Chinese immigrants → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► OWL to smuggle wool or sheep out of England → 1738 obs.
► SMUCKLE to smuggle → 1690 obs.