What are some opposite words for contraband?
Antonyms for contraband
ˈkɒn trəˌbændcon·tra·band
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term contraband.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
contraband
Antonyms:
licit, uninterstated, freeSynonyms:
illicit, interdicted, smuggled
Princeton's WordNet
contrabandadjective
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
Antonyms:
legalbootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggledadjective
distributed or sold illicitly
"the black economy pays no taxes"
Antonyms:
legalSynonyms:
pitch-dark, black-market, shameful, dim, blackened, inglorious, grim, calamitous, fatal, fateful, black, dark, sinister, opprobrious, bootleg, disgraceful, smutty, pitch-black, smuggled, ignominious, disastrous, bleak, mordant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
contrabandadjective
Synonyms:
prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, illegal
How to use contraband in a sentence?
Pennsylvania Zane David Memeger:
Prison guards who violate security procedures by smuggling drugs and other contraband to inmates undermine that safety and make an inherently dangerous environment more dangerous.
No drugs or contraband or influence of escape, if it clears through the mailroom, it's delivered to the inmate.
They are used for terrorist attacks, but they are also used to smuggle arms and contraband, we have learned that these tunnels are being used well beyond Israel. Korea is another example -- tunnels have been found in North Korea. Here at home, more than 150 tunnels have been found since 2009.
Corrections Director Bryan Stirling:
Over the last almost 20 years now, cell phones have allowed these folks that are incarcerated and the folks on the outside to communicate and organize and bring contraband in and also pay for it, so, that is obviously a problem that we have addressed.
We talk about technology. Several hundred million dollars for the technology to scan the cars coming through the ports of entry and that is to detect guns, its like an electronic dog almost to detect drugs, guns and contraband.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#546 | legal | |
#41643 | contraband | |
#129433 | licit |
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