contraband
IPA: kˈɑntrʌbænd
noun
- (uncountable) Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
- (uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
- (countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
verb
- (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
- (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
adjective
- Prohibited from being traded.
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Examples of "contraband" in Sentences
- He was unable to halt the contraband.
- The police was unable to halt the contraband.
- There was no contraband on the French vessels.
- Contraband Days is a large festival held on the grounds.
- The blockading nation must publish a list of contraband.
- Contraband Bayou and English Bayou run through the city.
- In 1709 he was accused of embezzlement and dealing in contraband.
- Dealing in contraband increased to the detriment of official trade.
- The Contraband paper size was changed in 2006 to a tabloid style paper.
- The Cyclades were also the centre of a contraband wheat trade to the West.
- The commodity most recently sought to be brought into the list as contraband is coal.
- The ship and cargo are taken into a port of the captor; the contraband is condemned in a prizecourt
- If any contraband is discovered to be in your possession, you will be subject to a minimum $1,000.00 fine.
- The ship and cargo are taken into a port of the captor; the contraband is condemned in a prize court, but the fate of the ship itself varies.
- The contraband is lawfully seized and admitted into evidence against the probationer, but unlawfully seized and suppressed in the case against the other person.
- Her cargo was s'posed to be dry goods, provisions an 'lumber, but dere was a good deal more aboard her, guns, powder an' what they call contraband, ef you know jes 'what that is.
- Finally, the court concluded contraband is dangerous only if there is a substantial probability the item will be used in a manner likely to cause death or serious injury; facilitate an escape or pose a threat to institutional safety or security.