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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tra•band /ˈkɑntrəˌbænd/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported;
goods imported or exported illegally.
adj. [before a noun] - prohibited from export or import:contraband furs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tra•band (kon′trə band′),USA pronunciation n. - anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
- goods imported or exported illegally.
- illegal or prohibited trade;
smuggling. - Law[Internat. Law.]See contraband of war.
- American History(during the American Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.
adj. - prohibited from export or import.
- Italian contrabando (now contrabbando), equivalent. to contra- contra-1 + Medieval Latin bandum, variant of bannum ban2
- Spanish
- earlier contrabanda 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: contraband /ˈkɒntrəˌbænd/ n - goods that are prohibited by law from being exported or imported
- illegally imported or exported goods
- illegal traffic in such goods; smuggling
- Also called: contraband of war goods that a neutral country may not supply to a belligerent
- (during the American Civil War) a Black slave captured by the Union forces or one who escaped to the Union lines
adj - (of goods) forbidden by law from being imported or exported
- illegally imported or exported
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish contrabanda, from Italian contrabando (modern contrabbando), from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- + bannum ban, of Germanic originˈcontraˌbandist n |