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  1. 1. n. Illegal or prohibited traffic. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To declare prohibited; to forbid. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. distributed or sold illicitly Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law Source: wordnet
  9. 9. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as,contraband goods, or trade.The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fairtrade. Burke. Source: adambom
  10. 10. j:38/n:62 n. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law Source: ecdict

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