Advanced English Word of the Day
contrabandDefinitions
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| contraband | |
| 1. n. any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess |  |
| 2. n. goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods | |
| 3. n. (US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces. | |
| 4. adj. prohibited from being traded | |
| 5. v. (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle. | |
| 6. v. (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid. | |
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| More contraband of war, I suppose. |
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