密輸 ― smuggle

密輸の行為を表す動詞は、"smuggle"です。他動詞としての用法では、密輸する対象物を目的語に取ります。


A MALAYSIAN man has admitted wildlife smuggling after his bag filled with 95 live boa constrictors burst open on an airport luggage conveyor belt.

Keng Liang Wong, 52, who was previously convicted of wildlife trafficking in the US, was arrested at Kuala Lumpur International Airport after the snakes were found.
(Snake smuggler uncovered after 95 live boas found in his luggage. Daily Record. September 4, 2010.)


密輸と言えばモノが対象ですが、ヒトになると密入国です。その場合も目的語がモノからヒトに変わっただけということになりますが、そのほかのパターンとしては、"smuggle oneself into a country"だったり、"xxx smuggle into a country"のような形で現れることもあります。


Staff foil plot to smuggle six into UK

IMMIGRATION officials discovered a group of Afghans trying to sneak into Britain by secretly hiding in a lorry bound for South Yorkshire.

The stowaways were discovered by UK Border Agency officers in Northern France using sniffer dogs and visual checks as they inspected vehicles preparing to cross the English Channel to Dover.
(The Star. September 6, 2010.)