how to pronounce smuggling

/ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/

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smuggling is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of smuggling in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you're not a contraband smuggling they …”

meanings of smuggling

verb:

Present participle of smuggle.

noun:

An act of something being smuggled.

smuggling frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word smuggling occurs in english on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics smuggling can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that smuggling can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;