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Contraband means goods that are against the law to trade or to be imported or exported, or goods that are smuggled or a slave during the Civil War who was behind the Union lines. (noun)

An example of contraband are drugs being carried across country borders.
An example of contraband was a slave during the Civil War who was smuggled behind or who fled behind the Union lines.

Contraband means not allowed to be imported or exported. (adjective)

An example of contraband items are drugs.

See contraband in Webster's New World College Dictionary