Contraband

What do we mean by contraband?

Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported. noun

Goods that are possessed contrary to law or rule, as in a prison or school. noun

Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling. noun

Smuggled goods. noun

Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral. noun

An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines. noun

Prohibited from being imported or exported. adjective

To declare prohibited; forbid.

To import illegally, as prohibited goods; smuggle.

Prohibited or excluded by proclamation, law, or treaty.

Illegal or prohibited traffic. noun

Anything by law prohibited to be imported or exported. noun

In the United States, during the civil war, a negro slave, especially an escaped or a captured slave: so called from a decision of General B. F. Butler, in 1861, that slaves coming into his lines or captured were contraband of war, and so subject to confiscation. noun

Illegal or prohibited traffic. noun

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

A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war. noun

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. noun

Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden. adjective

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to contraband:
contraband, contrabass, contrabands, contrabando.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word contraband:
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Words that rhyme with contraband:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe contraband:
conditional, absolute, other, such, illegal, occasional, intelligent, much, dangerous, direct, military, relative, smuggled, circuitous, unconditional, hidden, illicit, valuable, alleged, concealed, precious, non, conditionally, suspected, trotskyist, reliable, nuclear, ungodly, impossible, genuine, widespread, legitimate, dutch, confiscate, obvious, wartime, ideological, called, portuguese, scale, define, aged, looking, wholesale, alone, cuban, winged, derivative, terrorist, maritime, deadly, belligerent, shameful, lucrative, heretical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective contraband:
trade, goods, articles, traffic, cargo, list, camps, salt, traders, article, liquor, control, items, merchandise, camp, cigarettes, lists, trading, tobacco, commerce, character, persons, arms, material, drugs, cargoes, activities, slaves, property, materials, opium, business, weapons, commodities, trader, gold, supplies, books, whiskey, operations, imports, literature, wares, cotton, blockade, market, food, spirits, dealings, smuggling, alcohol, whisky, shipments, runners, stuff, transactions, regulations, oil, item, tea, ships, commodity, dealers, importation, stores, narcotics, drug, letters, rum, silver, voyage, wine, vessels, munitions, labor, intelligence, news, cigars, trafficking, brandy, copies, ammunition, guns, carriage.

Words that sound like contraband:
contraband, contrabands, contrabando, countermand, contrabass, contravened, concert band, counterpoint, counterbid, contrabassoon, contrabandist, country-bred, contran.