contrabandnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkɒn.trə.bænd/us/ˈkɑːn.trə.bænd/goods that are brought into or taken out of the country secretly and illegally:
The lorry contained thousands of pounds worth of contraband.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Trafficking & racketeering
- black market
- counter
- gun-running
- missell
- pass
- racket
- racketeering
- run
- scalp
- scam
- scammer
- sell
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- smuggle
- the grey market
- tout
- traffic
- under the counter idiom
contraband
adjective ukus
contraband cigarettes/goods