smuggler

smuggler — 名詞

1. A person who moves goods or people across a border secretly and illegally, often

1.名詞B2
釋義

走私者

非法運送物品或人員穿越邊境的人

A person who moves goods or people across a border secretly and illegally, often to avoid paying tax or to bring in items that are not allowed.

例句

The police arrested a smuggler named Dewi at the border crossing last night.

警方昨晚在邊境檢查站逮捕了一名名叫 Dewi 的走私者。

arrested + smuggler at border crossing

Smugglers often use small fishing boats to bring cigarettes and alcohol across the sea.

走私者經常利用小型漁船將香菸和酒類運過海。

typical objects: cigarettes, alcohol

同義詞
  • trafficker

    Usually implies larger-scale, organized crime and often refers specifically to drugs or people; more serious in tone than smuggler.

  • runner

    Informal and somewhat historical, e.g. rum-runner or gun-runner; suggests speed and evasion rather than concealment.

  • contrabandist

    Very formal and rare in everyday speech; appears mainly in legal documents or historical writing.

  • mule

    Slang for someone paid to carry drugs on or inside their body; does not apply to smuggling of objects like cigarettes or art.

反義詞
  • customs officer

    The person whose job is to inspect goods entering a country and prevent smuggling.

  • border guard

    A uniformed official who monitors and protects national borders.

文法句型

smuggler + of + goods/people

compound: [goods] smuggler

用法筆記

Frequently appears in news reports about crime, border security, and customs enforcement. The noun combines naturally with a type of good to form a compound — drug smuggler, human smuggler, arms smuggler, cigarette smuggler.

常見錯誤

❌The smuggler smuggled drugs across the border.
✅The smuggler carried drugs across the border.
💡Using smuggle and smuggler together in one sentence sounds redundant.
❌A smuggler of cigarettes was caught at the airport.
✅A cigarette smuggler was caught at the airport.
💡Compound nouns (cigarette smuggler, drug smuggler) are more natural than smuggler of + noun in everyday English.