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Definition of Contraband
1. Adjective. Distributed or sold illicitly. "The black economy pays no taxes"
2. Noun. Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law.
Definition of Contraband
1. n. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
2. a. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
3. v. t. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
Definition of Contraband
1. Noun. any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess ¹
2. Noun. goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods ¹
3. Noun. (context: countable US historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces. ¹
4. Adjective. prohibited from being traded ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contraband
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contraband
Literary usage of Contraband
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Destination in this case becomes specially important only in connection with the
question of contraband. before us, the Texan bank of the Rio Grande might ..."
2. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"The court said: " The classification of goods as contraband or not contraband
has much perplexed text writers and jurists. ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1906)
"For beyond the rule that absolute contraband can be confiscated, there is no
unanimity regarding the fate of the vessel and the innocent part of the ..."
4. Marine Insurance: Its Principles and Practice by William David Winter (1919)
"Absolute contraband.—Absolute contraband is liable to capture if it can be ...
The articles contained in the list of conditional contraband are liable to ..."
5. Marine Insurance: Its Principles and Practice by William D. Winter (1919)
"Absolute contraband.—Absolute contraband is liable to capture if it can be ...
The articles contained in the list of conditional contraband are liable to ..."
6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"The neutral may lawfully transport contraband goods, subject to the qualification
of being rightfully liable to seizure by a belligerent power ; but he is ..."
7. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Original by James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of International Law (1921)
"The main question is whether there is absolute contraband only, ... Rear Admiral
SPERRY'S declaration excludes the conception of relative contraband, ..."
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