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Smuggle

2 stages from Low German/Dutch to English.

Today it means to move goods or people illegally or secretly, avoiding detection
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Stage 1 of 2
smukkelen
Low German/Dutch · 1600s
"to move secretly"
to move secretly and stealthily, especially to evade authorities
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Stage 2 of 2
smuggle
English · 1680s
"to move goods illegally to avoid detection"
settled as the English word for secretly moving goods to avoid duties or laws
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