1) Bad goods 2) Big band 3) Black 4) Black-market 5) Bootleg 6) Dance in California 7) Distributed or sold illicitly 8) Drugs 9) French word used in English 10) Heavy metal supergroup 11) Hot goods 12) Illegal 13) Illegal or prohibited trade 14) Illegally imported goods 15) Illegally transported goods
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1) Bootleg 2) Illegal 3) Smuggled
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Cargo forbidden by law to be supplied to an enemy. A profitable trade for pirates.
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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 or sold. Used for goods that by their nature, e.g. too dangerous or offensive in the eyes of the legislator (those are termed contraband in se) are forbidden, and for so-c.....
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[American Civil War] Contraband was a term commonly used in the United States military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces. The Army (and the United States Congress) determined that the US would not return escaped slaves who went to Union lines and class...
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[coal mine] Contraband in coal mines means items which not allowed to be taken underground in a coal mine because if there is firedamp about they may start a fire or explosion. This includes: matches, tobacco and other smoking materials, anything that may cause sparks, anything with electric comnponents except what has been safety-approved....
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[performance group] Contraband, a collection of artists led by director/choreographer Sara Shelton Mann, was a dance-based, live performance ensemble, working together from 1985 to the mid ‘90s. Based mainly in San Francisco, the group became known for its lively, electrifying performances, often politically charged and community-engaging...
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Articles, the possession of which is prohibited by law.
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• (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic. • (n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war. • (v. t.) To declare prohibited; to forbid. • (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. • (n.) Goods or merchandise the import...
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Goods prohibited in trade (such as weapons going to Iran, anything to Cuba). Smuggled goods.
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in the laws of war, goods that may not be shipped to a belligerent because they serve a military purpose.[3 related articles]
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Goods prohibited by law from being exported or imported. Smuggling
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Con'tra·band noun [ Italian
contrabando ;
contra +
bando ban, proclamation: confer French
contrebande . See
Ban an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohibited traffic. « Persons the most bound in duty to prevent
contraband , and the most interested in th...
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In its most extensive sense it means all commerce which is carried on contrary to the laws of the state. This term was also used to designate all kinds of merchandise which were used or transported against the interdictions published by a ban or solemn cry.
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Property that is illegal to possess, produce, distribute, or transport.
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Contraband is the term used to describe goods which are prohibited to be imported or exported by the laws of a state.
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Contraband was a bluffing family card-based game produced by Pepys Games in the UK between the 1950s and 1970's, based upon the classic playing card game of 'Cheat'. Contraband used proprietary cards, and currency tokens in a game where the objective was to smuggle goods - represented pictorially upon the cards - past the 'customs official' - one o...
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[
n] - goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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contraband When smugglers bring contraband goods into a country, they do so 'against' the proclamation of the government; such smugglers contravene, or 'go against', the law.
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noun goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported. · goods imported or exported illegally. · illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling. · See · (during the American Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.
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[Literary terms] distributed or sold illicitly
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distributed or sold illicitly
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