Synonyms for contraband
ˈkɒn trəˌbændcon·tra·band

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1. contraband

   Synonyms:
   illicit, interdicted, smuggled

   Antonyms:
   licit, uninterstated, free

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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"

   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

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1. contrabandadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, illegal, unlawful, illicit

2. contrabandnoun

   Synonyms:
   illegal traffic

3. contrabandnoun

   Synonyms:
   prohibited articles

4. contrabandnoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] negro slave

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1. contrabandadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, illegal

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1. List of paraphrases for "contraband":

   smuggling, smuggled, contra-fucking-band, smuggle

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How to use contraband in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   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.

5. South Carolina:

   We have been attacked by drones, they have been delivering contraband into our institutions for the past few years.