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Contraband

Contraband Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Contraband? [n] goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law [adj] distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Contraband: black \| black-market \| bootleg \| illegal \| smuggled Related Terms \| Find terms related to Contraband: actionable \| against the law \| anarchic \| anarchistic \| anomic \| ban \| banned \| barred \| black-market \| bootleg \| bootleg liquor \| chargeable \| cigarette smuggling \| cigarettes \| contrabandage \| contrary to law \| criminal \| denial \| disallowance \| disapproved \| dope \| dope smuggling \| drugs \| Eighteenth Amendment \| embargo \| excluded \| exclusion \| felonious \| flawed \| forbade \| forbid \| forbiddance \| forbidden \| forbidden fruit \| forbidding \| gunrunning \| hot \| hot goods \| illegal \| illegitimate \| illicit \| impermissible \| index \| index expurgatorius \| index librorum prohibitorum \| inhibition \| injunction \| interdict \| interdiction \| interdictum \| irregular \| jewel smuggling \| jewels \| justiciable \| law \| lawless \| narcotics \| narcotics smuggling \| nonconstitutional \| nonlegal \| nonlicit \| no-no \| nonpermissible \| not permitted \| off limits \| out of bounds \| outlaw \| outlawed \| preclusion \| prevention \| prohibited \| prohibition \| Prohibition Party \| prohibitory injunction \| proscribed \| proscription \| punishable \| refusal \| rejection \| repression \| restrictive covenants \| ruled out \| ruling out \| rumrunning \| run \| shut out \| smuggled goods \| smuggling \| statute \| stolen goods \| sumptuary laws \| suppression \| taboo \| tabooed \| triable \| unallowed \| unauthorized \| unconstitutional \| under the ban \| under-the-counter \| under-the-table \| unlawful \| unlicensed \| unofficial \| unpermissible \| unsanctioned \| unstatutory \| untouchable \| unwarrantable \| unwarranted \| verboten \| vetoed \| Volstead Act \| wrongful \| zoning \| zoning laws See Also \| merchandise \| product \| wares Contraband In Webster's Dictionary \Con"traband\, n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See {Ban} an edict.] 1. Illegal or prohibited traffic. Persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband, and the most interested in the seizures. --Burke. 2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden. 3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war. [U.S.] {Contraband of war}, that which, according to international law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved belligerent. --Wharton. \Con"traband\, a. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade. The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fair trade. --Burke. \Con"tra*band\, v. t. 1. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. --Hudibras.

Contraband Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contraband?

[n] goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
[adj] distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"

See Also | merchandise | product | wares

Contraband In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"tra*band\, n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando
ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See {Ban} an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohibited traffic.

         Persons the most bound in duty to prevent
         contraband, and the most interested in the seizures.
                                               --Burke.

2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of
   which is forbidden.

3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was
   brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered
   contraband of war. [U.S.]

{Contraband of war}, that which, according to international
   law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at
   the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved
   belligerent. --Wharton.


\Con"tra*band\, a.
Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as,
contraband goods, or trade.

      The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure,
      with the fair trade.                     --Burke.


\Con"tra*band\, v. t.
1. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
   [Obs.] --Johnson.

2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.]

         The law severly contrabands Our taking business of
         men's hands.                          --Hudibras.

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