desviar

English translation: smuggle

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Portuguese term or phrase:desviar (coisas)
English translation:smuggle
Entered by: Thais Maria Lips

16:00 Feb 25, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / police, security
Portuguese term or phrase: desviar
nos confrontamos com um quadro muito sério e muito grave, a partir de investigação da Polícia Civil, que descobriu um policial civil que, há tempos, desviava munição
stevenharper
Local time: 22:59
smuggle
Explanation:
To bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously: She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake.
–verb (used without object)
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Thais Maria Lips
United States
Local time: 21:59
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3smuggle
Thais Maria Lips
4 +3embezzle
rhandler
3 +3misappropriate
CMJ_Trans (X)
4illegally supply
R. Alex Jenkins
4diverted ammunition
Susy Ordaz


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
embezzle


Explanation:
Veja este exemplo:

<a href="/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html">Journals of the Continental ...
All non-commissioned Officers and soldiers, convicted before a regimental court-martial of stealing, embezzling or destroying ammunition, provisions, ...
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCI...


rhandler
Local time: 22:59
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luisa Moura Almeida: a very good choice
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Luisa. Veja o que diz o Babylon: [imb'ez2l] vt desviar, fraudar, apropriar-se fraudulentamente, desfalcar.

agree  José Henrique Lamensdorf
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, José!

agree  Henrique Magalhaes
19 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Henrique!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
illegally supply


Explanation:
..or supply illegally (contraband or munitions or arms etc)

"he used to illegally supply munitions or arms".

The traditional meaning of 'desviar' would be 'to divert or to deflect', but my suggestion would be more relative to the context. All the best.

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 22:59
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PRO pts in category: 48
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
misappropriate


Explanation:
steal

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: misappropriated..stole
13 mins

agree  lexical
1 hr

agree  Marina FS
2 hrs
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diverted ammunition


Explanation:
diverted ammunition
another option


    Reference: http://www.grip.org/bdg/g4575.html
Susy Ordaz
Local time: 01:59
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
smuggle


Explanation:
To bring, take, put, etc., surreptitiously: She smuggled the gun into the jail inside a cake.
–verb (used without object)

Thais Maria Lips
United States
Local time: 21:59
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Santos
7 mins
  -> Tks :-)Cristina

agree  Gisele Goldstein
21 mins
  -> Thanks :-)Gisele

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Definitely!
14 hrs
  -> Thanks :-) Muriel
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