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Synonyms for contraband
ˈkɒn trəˌbændcon·tra·band

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contraband

    Synonyms:
    illicit, interdicted, smuggled

    Antonyms:
    licit, uninterstated, free

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. contrabandadjective

    goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law

    Antonyms:
    legal

  2. bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggledadjective

    distributed or sold illicitly

    "the black economy pays no taxes"

    Synonyms:
    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

    Antonyms:
    legal

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. contrabandadjective

    Synonyms:
    prohibited, illegal, unlawful, illicit

  2. contrabandnoun

    Synonyms:
    illegal traffic

  3. contrabandnoun

    Synonyms:
    prohibited articles

  4. contrabandnoun

    Synonyms:
    [U. S.] negro slave

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contrabandadjective

    Synonyms:
    prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, illegal

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "contraband":

    smuggling, smuggled, contra-fucking-band, smuggle

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How to use contraband in a sentence?

  1. John DeMarco:

    As of right now, we have very little information, not any more information than I alluded to in court, there’s these two charges that allege possession of contraband that appears to be cocaine and an allegation that there was a firearm inside the home that was not registered to anybody that they believed to be residing in the home.

  2. 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.

  3. Southern Israel:

    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.

  4. Corrections Director Bryan Stirling:

    It’s a clear message to folks that want to deliver contraband or are up to ill intent, or are on our property.

  5. Stephen Miller:

    The problem with the statement that youre apprehending 80 or 90 percent of drugs at ports of entry -- thats like saying you apprehend most contraband at TSA checkpoints at airports, you apprehend the contraband there because thats where you have the people, the screeners. I assure you if we had screeners of that same density across every single inch and mile of the southern border, youd have more drugs interdicted in those areas.


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