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contraband

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con·tra·band  (kntr-bnd)
n.
1. Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.
2.
a. Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling.
b. Smuggled goods.
3. Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.
4. An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines.
adj.
Prohibited from being imported or exported.

[Italian contrabbando : contra-, against (from Latin contr-; see contra-) + bando, legal proclamation (from Late Latin bannus, of Germanic origin; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots).]

contra·bandage n.
contra·bandist n.

contraband [ˈkɒntrəˌbænd]
n
1. (Law)
a.  goods that are prohibited by law from being exported or imported
b.  illegally imported or exported goods
2. (Law) illegal traffic in such goods; smuggling
3. (Military) Also called contraband of war International law goods that a neutral country may not supply to a belligerent
4. (Historical Terms) (during the American Civil War) a Black slave captured by the Union forces or one who escaped to the Union lines
adj
(Law) (of goods)
a.  forbidden by law from being imported or exported
b.  illegally imported or exported
[from Spanish contrabanda, from Italian contrabando (modern contrabbando), from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- + bannum ban, of Germanic origin]
contrabandist  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.contraband - goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
Adj.1.contraband - distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

contraband
adjective smuggled, illegal, illicit, black-market, hot (informal), banned, forbidden, prohibited, unlawful, bootleg, bootlegged, interdicted Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.
Translations
contraband [ˈkɒntrəbænd]
A. Ncontrabando m
B. CPDde contrabando

contraband [ˈkɒntrəbænd]
ncontrebande f
adj [goods] → de contrebande

contraband
n no pl (= goods)Konterbande f, → Schmuggelware f; (form: = smuggling) → Schleichhandel m, → Schmuggeln nt; contraband of warKriegskonterbande f
adjSchmuggel-; contraband goodsKonterbande f, → Schmuggelware f

contraband [ˈkɒntrəˌbænd]
1. ncontrabbando
2. adjdi contrabbando

contraband [ˈkɒntrəˌbænd]
1. ncontrabbando
2. adjdi contrabbando

contraband
n contraband [ˈkontrəbӕnd]
goods which are legally forbidden to be brought into a country. smokkelware تَهريب، بَضائِع مُهَرَّبَه контрабанда pašované zboží smuglergods; kontrabande die Schmuggelware λαθρεμπόριο contrabando salakaup کالای قاچاق salakuljetustavara contrebande סְחוֹרָה מוּברָחַת वर्जित माल krijumčarena roba csempészáru barang terlarang ólöglegur varningur contrabbando 密輸品 금수(밀매)품 kontrabanda kontrabanda barang gelap smokkelwaar smuglergods kontrabanda contrabando contrabandă контрабанда kontraband tihotapljeno blago šverc kontraband, smuggelgods สินค้าเถื่อน kaçak mal 走私貨,違禁品 контрабанда ممنوع تجارت، ناجائز درآمد وبرآمد hàng lậu
adj
contraband cigarettes. verbode مُهَرَّب، مَحْظور قانونِيّاً контрабанден pašovaný smugler- Schmuggel-... λαθραίος de contrabando sala(kauba)- قاچاق salakuljetettu de contrebande מוּברָח माल वर्जित करना krijumčaren csempész(ett) selundupan smygl- di contrabbando 禁制の 금지된, 금수의 kontrabandinis kontrabandas- rokok kontraban gesmokkeld smugler- czarnorynkowy, z przemytu de contrabando de con­tra­bandă контрабандный pašovaný tihotapski švercovan kontrabands-, smuggel- ที่ขายอย่างผิดกฎหมาย kaçak 走私的 контрабандний ممنوع lậu


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In France, there is an army of patrols (as they are called) constantly employed to secure their fiscal regulations against the inroads of the dealers in contraband trade.
Giles's, to search for contraband goods, and the mob fired on the musketeers, and the musketeers fired on the mob, and nobody thought any of these occurrences much out of the common way.
In an evil hour he satisfied the jealous inquiries of the contraband hotel-keeper; in an evil hour he penetrated into the somewhat unsavoury interior.
 
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