Contraband Definition

kŏntrə-bănd
noun
Unlawful or prohibited trade.
Webster's New World
Goods forbidden by law to be imported or exported; smuggled merchandise.
Webster's New World
Goods that are possessed contrary to law or rule, as in a prison or school.
American Heritage

Contraband of war.

Webster's New World
Smuggled goods.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • legal goods
adjective
Forbidden by law to be imported or exported.
Webster's New World
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verb

(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.

Wiktionary

Origin of Contraband

  • Italian contrabbando contra- against (from Latin contrā- contra–) bando legal proclamation (from Late Latin bannus) (of Germanic origin bhā-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French contrebande.

    From Wiktionary

Contraband Sentence Examples

  • I thought you were involved in drugs or contraband of some sort... you were so secretive.

  • No estimate can be made of the contraband, which must have been large.

  • I figured he was dealing with some kind of contraband.

  • The trade was contraband, and the opium was bought by the Chinese from depot ships at the ports.

  • This state of things, it was plain, must continue as long as the trade was only a contraband commerce, involving merely pecuniary penalties.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

DNDAND

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contraband

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