smuggle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of smuggle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to smuggle
Participle: smuggled
Gerund: smuggling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ismuggle
yousmuggle
he;she;itsmuggles
wesmuggle
yousmuggle
theysmuggle

Perfect

Ihave smuggled
youhave smuggled
he;she;ithas smuggled
wehave smuggled
youhave smuggled
theyhave smuggled

Past

Ismuggled
yousmuggled
he;she;itsmuggled
wesmuggled
yousmuggled
theysmuggled

Pluperfect

Ihad smuggled
youhad smuggled
he;she;ithad smuggled
wehad smuggled
youhad smuggled
theyhad smuggled

Future

Iwill smuggle
youwill smuggle
he;she;itwill smuggle
wewill smuggle
youwill smuggle
theywill smuggle

Future Perfect

Iwill have smuggled
youwill have smuggled
he;she;itwill have smuggled
wewill have smuggled
youwill have smuggled
theywill have smuggled

Subjunctive

Present

Ismuggle
yousmuggle
he;she;itsmuggle
wesmuggle
yousmuggle
theysmuggle

Perfect

Ihave smuggled
youhave smuggled
he;she;ithave smuggled
wehave smuggled
youhave smuggled
theyhave smuggled

Imperfect

Ismuggled
yousmuggled
he;she;itsmuggled
wesmuggled
yousmuggled
theysmuggled

Pluperfect

Ihad smuggled
youhad smuggled
he;she;ithad smuggled
wehad smuggled
youhad smuggled
theyhad smuggled

Conditional

Present

Iwould smuggle
youwould smuggle
he;she;itwould smuggle
wewould smuggle
youwould smuggle
theywould smuggle

Perfect

Iwould have smuggled
youwould have smuggled
he;she;itwould have smuggled
wewould have smuggled
youwould have smuggled
theywould have smuggled

Imperative

yousmuggle
weLet's smuggle
yousmuggle

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam smuggling
youare smuggling
he;she;itis smuggling
weare smuggling
youare smuggling
theyare smuggling

Perfect

Ihave been smuggling
youhave been smuggling
he;she;ithas been smuggling
wehave been smuggling
youhave been smuggling
theyhave been smuggling

Past

Iwas smuggling
youwere smuggling
he;she;itwas smuggling
wewere smuggling
youwere smuggling
theywere smuggling

Pluperfect

Ihad been smuggling
youhad been smuggling
he;she;ithad been smuggling
wehad been smuggling
youhad been smuggling
theyhad been smuggling

Future

Iwill be smuggling
youwill be smuggling
he;she;itwill be smuggling
wewill be smuggling
youwill be smuggling
theywill be smuggling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been smuggling
youwill have been smuggling
he;she;itwill have been smuggling
wewill have been smuggling
youwill have been smuggling
theywill have been smuggling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be smuggling
youwould be smuggling
he;she;itwould be smuggling
wewould be smuggling
youwould be smuggling
theywould be smuggling

Perfect

Iwould have been smuggling
youwould have been smuggling
he;she;itwould have been smuggling
wewould have been smuggling
youwould have been smuggling
theywould have been smuggling

Other

Verbs similar to 'smuggle'

muggle, shuggle, snuggle, guggle, huggle, juggle, puggle, shiggle, shoggle, smudge,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to touch someone lovingly
canoodle, caress, chuckle, coax, cosset, dally, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fond, fondle, grabble, grope, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, tiddle, touch up

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From earlier smuckle, either from Dutch smokkelen (“to smuggle”), a frequentative form of Middle Dutch smūken (“to act secretly, be sneaky”), from Old Dutch *smugan, or from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German smuggeln; all are from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to creep; slip through or into”).
2. cognates and related terms
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian smuggelje (“to smuggle”), West Frisian smokkelje (“to smuggle”), German Low German smuggeln, smuckeln (“to move insidiously, smuggle”), German schmuggeln (“to smuggle”), Danish smugle (“to smuggle”), Swedish smuggla (“to smuggle”). Related also to Icelandic smjúga (“to creep, penetrate”), Swedish smyga (“to sneak, slip, crawl, lurk, steal”), German schmiegen (“to nestle, wrap, snuggle”), Old English smēogan, smūgan (“to creep, crawl, move gradually, penetrate”). See: Dutch 'smokkelen', Frisian, Saterlandic 'smuggelje', German, old spelling 'schmuggeln', Danish 'smugle', Swedish 'smuggla', Icelandic 'smjúga', Swedish 'smyga', German, old spelling 'schmiegen'.

Verbs referencing "smuggle"

German, old spelling schmuggeln, Cebuano esmagol.

Sample Sentences

  • A lorry driver who smuggled illegal immigrants into the UK in the back of his trailer has been jailed. [2018 July 20, “Lorry driver jailed for smuggling illegal immigrants into UK”, in cps.gov.uk, London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 20 Jul 2018:]
  • 'Smuggling was a way of life here, with no stigma attached,' David explained. His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms. 'Brooms?' I asked him in disbelief. 'Yes, ordinary sorghum brooms, which were in short supply in Communist Yugoslavia, like many other basic household goods,' he said with a smile. [2026 June 24, Vitali Vitaliev, “Life on the borderline”, in RAIL, number 1064, page 68:]
  • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
  • While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.
  • England finally found some urgency in the closing stages, when O'Reilly held his head in his hands after hitting the woodwork, with Guehi similarly disappointed to see his header smuggled off the line. [2026 June 23, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Ghana”, in BBC:]