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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.

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[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).]

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contra·bandage n.

contra·bandist n.

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contraband

Noun

smuggled goods

Adjective

(of goods) smuggled [Spanish contrabanda]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" black-market, bootleg, smuggled, black illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

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contraband

adjective smuggled, illegal, illicit, black-market, hot (informal) banned, forbidden, prohibited, unlawful, bootleg, bootlegged, interdicted

Translations

contraband [ˈkɔntrəbænd] n → contrabando

adj → de contrabando

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contraband [ˈkɔntrəbænd] n → contrebande f

adj → de contrebande

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contraband [ˈkɔntrəbænd] n → Schmuggelware f

adj → Schmuggel-

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contraband [ˈkɔntrəbænd] n → contrabbando

adj → di contrabbando

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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 밀수품 kontrabanda kontrabanda barang gelap smokkelwaar smuglergods kontrabanda contrabando contrabandă контрабанда kontraband tihotapljeno blago šverc kontraband, smuggelgods สินค้าเถื่อน kaçak mal 走私貨 контрабанда ممنوع تجارت، ناجائز درآمد وبرآمد hàng lậu 走私货

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 밀수품 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 走私的