Question

Choose the most suitable one word for the following phrase.
A person who brings goods illegally into the country
A. Exporter
B. Importer
C. Smuggler
D. Imposter

Answer 1

Hint: In linguistics, words are used to express our feelings properly. There are numerous words which can be used in various contexts. These words can be defined by a single word or two words or even a whole sentence.

Complete answer:
A person, a company or a country that sends goods or services to another country is known as an exporter. It does not express the intended meaning of the phrase, “a person who brings goods illegally into the country.” Hence, this option is incorrect.

A person or a company who works to bring goods and services from abroad to another country, is known as an Importer. Although this word is similar to the phrase in the question, it cannot replace the word. This is because an importer does not bring goods illegally. Hence, this is not the correct answer.

Someone who sends or brings goods illegally from countries is known as a smuggler. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Someone who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain, is referred to as an ‘imposter’. This word does not express the intended meaning and hence is incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C'.

Note: In the sentence, “The Doctor conducted ‘the examination of tissue removed from a dead body to discover the presence, cause or detect of the disease of the deceased patient’”, we can see that the part of the sentence after ‘conducted’ is really difficult to understand. It makes the reader confused about the meaning of the sentence. But if the word ‘autopsy’ is used, then the sentence will be easier to comprehend. “The Doctor conducted ‘autopsy on the deceased patient.” Thus, it is clear from here that a single word not only reduces the length of a sentence, but it helps to increase its meaningfulness at the same time.