Sekirov Dictionary

contraband

UK /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/US /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/

noun 3
verb 2
adjective 1
forms 5

noun3

Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
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(US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
- While some Yanks treated contrabands with a degree of equity or benevolence, the more typical response was indifference, contempt, or cruelty. — 1988

verb2

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(no longer used) To import illegally; to smuggle.
- there are also searched for concealed Slaves, and goods contrabanded — 1615
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(no longer used) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
- The law severely contrabands / Our taking business off men's hands. — 1662

adjective1

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Prohibited from being traded.
- … when the seizure is made in connection with a violation involving a contraband article covered by section 1 (b) (1) of the said Act; … — 1940

forms

contrabanded · contrabanding · contrabands · more contraband · most contraband

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