CONTRABAND

Contraband

The word contraband, reported in English since 1529, from Medieval French contrebande "a smuggling," denotes any item which, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold.

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contraband

Noun

  1. any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
  2. goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
  3. A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.

Verb

  1. To import illegally; to smuggle.
  2. To declare prohibited; to forbid.

Adjective

  1. prohibited from being traded


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