clandestine introduction

clandestine introduction
An offense also known as smuggling and embracing all unlawful acts of concealment or other illegal conduct tending to show a fixed intent to evade the customs duty by subsequently passing the goods through the jurisdiction of the customs officials without paying the duties imposed thereon by law. Keck v United States, 172 US 434, 43 L Ed 505, 509, 19 S Ct 254.

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