单词	contraband
释义	contrabandcon‧tra‧band /ˈkɒntrəbænd $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcontraband Origin: 1500-1600 Italian contrabbando, from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- ( ➔ CONTRA-) + bannum ‘official order’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES contraband cigarettes EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A yacht or fishing vessel would find it quite easy to evade our controls and could carry large amounts of contraband. Congress volunteers sold contraband salt in the cities. Once, the only tape recorders finding their way into concerts were smuggled like contraband. One problem with descramblers is that they are not inherently illegal, like contraband. So far the contraband is low-grade stuff from industrial sources, not weapon-grade materials. The bikes were, technically, contraband, but the border guards turned a blind eye. Then there was the contraband literature which constituted research. X-ray technology, the machines, in scanning for contraband, produce a crude image of visitors' bodies without clothing. word sets WORD SETS► Crime & Law alarmed, adjectiveallegation, nounamnesty, nounbail, nounbreath test, nouncharge sheet, nouncircumstantial, adjectivecompensation, nouncompensatory, adjectivecomplicity, nouncondemned, adjectivecondemned cell, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconman, nouncontraband, nouncuff, verbdebug, verbdetain, verbdick, nounenforce, verbfed, nounFederal Bureau of Investigation, nounflogging, nounforensic, adjectivegallows, noungaolbird, noungas chamber, noungibbet, nounguillotine, nounhang, verbhanging, nounhard labour, nounimpeach, verbKC, nounlaunder, verblawsuit, nounleg irons, nounlicensed, adjectivelicensing laws, nounlife, nounlife sentence, nounline-up, nounlynch, verblynch mob, nounpenalty point, nounpenology, nounpolygraph, nounposse, nounprisoner, nounracket, nounracketeer, nounracketeering, nounrake-off, nounransom, nounransom, verbreport, verbreprieve, nounriot, nounshop, verbsilk, nounspeed trap, nounstalker, nounstrip search, nountransport, verbtransportation, nountribunal, nounundercover, adjectivevictim, nounwrongdoing, noun goods that are brought into a country illegally, especially to avoid tax:  a cargo of contraband—contraband adjective:  contraband cigarettes
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