3syllables
contraband
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Definitions ofcontraband
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- To import illegally; to smuggle.
- To declare prohibited; to forbid.
1adjective
- Prohibited from being traded
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