Definitions of Contraband [ˈkɒn trəˌbænd]

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Definition of 'Contraband'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) contraband
anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.

2.  contraband
goods imported or exported illegally.

3.  contraband
illegal or prohibited trade.

4.  contraband
(during the Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.

5. (adj.) contraband
prohibited from export or import.

Etymology: (1520–30; earlier contrabanda < Sp < It contrab(b)ando=contra-contra -¹+ ML bandum, var. of bannumban²)

Definition of 'Contraband'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) contraband
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law

2. (adj) bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled
distributed or sold illicitly
"the black economy pays no taxes"

Definition of 'Contraband'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Contraband
prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade

2. (noun) Contraband
illegal or prohibited traffic

3. (noun) Contraband
goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden

4. (noun) Contraband
a negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war

5. (verb) Contraband
to import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle

6. (verb) Contraband
to declare prohibited; to forbid

Translation of 'Contraband'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: goods which are legally forbidden to be brought into a country.
Afrikaans: smokkelware	Arabic: تَهريب، بَضائِع مُهَرَّبَ	Bulgarian: контрабанда
Brazilian: contrabando	Czech: pašované zboží	German: die Schmuggelware
Danish: smuglergods; kontrabande	Greek: λαθρεμπόριο	Spanish: contrabando
Estonian: salakaup	Farsi: کالای قاچاق	Finnish: salakuljetustavara
French: contrebande	Hebrew: סְחוֹרָה מוּברָחַת	Hindi: वर्जित माल
Croatian: krijumčarena roba	Hungarian: csempészáru	Indonesian: barang terlarang
Icelandic: ólöglegur varningur	Italian: contrabbando	Japanese: 密輸品
Korean: 금수(밀매)품	Lithuanian: kontrabanda	Latvian: kontrabanda
Malay: barang gelap	Dutch: smokkelwaar	Norwegian: smuglergods
Polish: kontrabanda	Persian: کالای قاچاق	Pashto: منع شوې مالونه، هغه مال چ
Portuguese: contrabando	Romanian: contrabandă	Russian: контрабанда
Slovak: kontraband	Slovenian: tihotapljeno blago	Serbian: šverc
Swedish: kontraband, smuggelgods	Thai: สินค้าเถื่อน	Turkish: kaçak mal
Taiwanese: 走私貨，違禁品	Ukrainian: контрабанда	Urdu: ممنوع تجارت، ناجائز درآمد
Vietnamese: hàng lậu	Chinese: 走私货，禁运品	Afrikaans: verbode
Arabic: مُهَرَّب، مَحْظور قانونِي	Bulgarian: контрабанден	Brazilian: de contrabando
Czech: pašovaný	German: Schmuggel-...	Danish: smugler-
Greek: λαθραίος	Spanish: de contrabando	Estonian: sala(kauba)-
Farsi: قاچاق	Finnish: salakuljetettu	French: de contrebande
Hebrew: מוּברָח	Hindi: माल वर्जित करना	Croatian: krijumčaren
Hungarian: csempész(ett)	Indonesian: selundupan	Icelandic: smygl-
Italian: di contrabbando	Japanese: 禁制の	Korean: 금지된, 금수의
Lithuanian: kontrabandinis	Latvian: kontrabandas-	Malay: rokok kontraban
Dutch: gesmokkeld	Norwegian: smugler-	Polish: czarnorynkowy, z przemytu
Persian: قاچاق	Pashto: قاچاق	Portuguese: de contrabando
Romanian: de contrabandă	Russian: контрабандный	Slovak: pašovaný
Slovenian: tihotapski	Serbian: švercovan	Swedish: kontrabands-, smuggel-
Thai: ที่ขายอย่างผิดกฎหมาย	Turkish: kaçak	Taiwanese: 走私的
Ukrainian: контрабандний	Urdu: ممنوع	Vietnamese: lậu
Chinese: 走私的
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