chivo

Definitions of chivo
  1. noun
    secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
    synonyms: contrabando, matute, matuteo, meteduría
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    types:
    tráfico de armas
    the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally
    type of:
    importación
    the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country
  2. noun
    young goat
    synonyms: cabrito
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    type of:
    ganado cabrío
    any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
  3. noun
    goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
    synonyms: alijo, contrabando, matute
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    type of:
    buhonería, efecto, género, géneros, mercadería, mercancías
    commodities offered for sale
  4. noun
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
    synonyms: amorío, apatusco, aventura, cambullón, caramillo, compló, confabulación, enjuague, intriga, manejo, maquinación, tamal, tejemaneje, tinglado, trama, trapisonda, urdimbre
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    type of:
    conjuración
    a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
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