Antonyms for contraband
ˈkɒn trəˌbændcon·tra·band

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1. contraband

   Antonyms:
   licit, uninterstated, free

   Synonyms:
   illicit, interdicted, smuggled

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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"

   Antonyms:
   legal

   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

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1. contrabandadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, illegal

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:

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

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. 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.

5. Pope Francis:

   The last forests are menaced by forest fires, poaching, the unrestricted cutting down of valuable woodlands. Plant and animal biodiversity is endangered by contraband and illegal exportation.

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