import
definition
bring in from abroad for selling purposes
example
The police found eleven boxes inside the van containing 454 furs worth nearly $2 million, which were imported illegally.
synonyms
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word origin — late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’