smuggle
/ˈsmʌɡ(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈsmʌɡ(ə)l/
smuggle
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smug - gle -> smuggle
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smuggle /'sm4gl/ v ~ sth/sb (into/out of/across/through sth) ; ~ sth/sb in/out/across/through
၁။ မှောင်ခို သွင်း၊ ထုတ်သည်။ smuggle Swiss watches ❍ smuggle drugs through customs ❍ smuggle cattle across the border ❍ arrested for smuggling out currency.
၂။ (လူစသည်)မှောင်ခို လုပ်သည်။ ခိုးသွင်း၊ ထုတ်သည်။ smuggle people out of the country ❍ smuggle a letter into prison.
❏ smuggler /'sm4glå(r)/ n မှောင်ခိုကုန်ကူးသူ။ မှောင်ခိုသမား။ drug smugglers ❍ This cave was used by smugglers in the eighteenth century.
❏ smuggling /'sm4glÇ5/ n [U] မှောင်ခို။
a drug-smuggling operation
❍ There's a lot of smuggling across this frontier.
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