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Adjective
/ˈkäntrəˌband/,
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contrabands, plural;
  1. Imported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty
    • - contraband drug shipments
  2. Relating to traffic in illegal goods
    • - the contraband market
Noun
  1. Goods that have been imported or exported illegally
    • - the police looked for drugs, guns, and other contraband
  2. Trade in smuggled goods
    • - the government has declared a nationwide war on contraband
  3. Goods forbidden to be supplied by neutrals to those engaged in war

  4. During the US Civil War, a black slave who escaped or was transported across Union lines

  1. bootleg: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
  2. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
  3. 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, sold. ...
  4. Contraband (Luca il contrabbandiere) is a 1980 poliziotteschi film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is notable for its considerable level of violence and gore.
  5. Contraband is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on June 8, 2004 by RCA Records. A commercial success, Contraband debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart and was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA.. billboard.com. June 16, 2004.
  6. Contraband was a term commonly used in the United States during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who came into the possession of Union forces.
  7. Contraband was an Australian hard rock band, initially formed in Sydney as Stillwater in 1973, they soon became Finch. In 1973 they won a 2SM/Pepsi Pop Poll, winning a contract with Picture Records who released their first single in 1974 (while guitarist Spencer was still in high school). ...
  8. Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Ratt, Vixen and L.A. Guns.
  9. Contraband is a progressive big band that formed in the 1980s led by trombonist Willem van Manen, recording exclusively for the BVHaast record label. The ensemble often combines free improvisation with swing. ...
  10. Contraband (1940) is a wartime spy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which brought stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson together again after their success in The Spy in Black the previous year. ...
  11. Contraband is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).
  12. any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess; goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods; A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces; prohibited from being traded
  13. Goods forbidden by national law to be imported or exported.
  14. During the time of war, materials carried aboard a vessel that could aid a belligerent in the process of the war, such as arms, weapons or munitions.
  15. Cargo that is prohibited.
  16. Goods prohibited in trade (such as weapons going to Iran, anything to Cuba). Smuggled goods.
  17. Smuggled, counterfeit, or otherwise illicit products. See also Illicit trade in tobacco products.
  18. Against the law.  Prohibited.  Goods exported or imported into a country against its laws.
  19. Property seen as threats that was taken from Japanese Americans, including short wave radios, cameras, binoculars, and various weapons (such as hunting knives and dynamite that farmers used to clear land). ...
  20. Any item that a DOC employee, contract worker, volunteer, visitor, or offender is not specifically authorized to have in his/her possession; any item that has been altered and/or is being used for other than its intended purpose (this often does not include reading materials); any item listed in ...
  21. The Contraband is McNeese's weekly student newspaper, named after Contraband Bayou which runs through campus. Click here for an image of the first Contraband. Contraband Editors:
  22. goods prohibited by law from being imported or exported, not limited to munitions but any kind of food, clothing, and medical supplies that could be used to assist belligerents in times of war.
  23. Early in the war, the War Department allowed slaves fleeing their masters to enter Union lines as "contraband of war" (i.e. property that might be used to fight against the Union).
  24. any item or material that is smuggled into an area or facility where it is prohibited. For example, in a prison contraband might include weapons, explosives, and narcotics.