adj
Meaning 1
Prohibited from being traded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
contraband
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/
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US: /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N T R AH0 B AE2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, historical, usually
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verb
Meaning 5
To import illegally; to smuggle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
To declare prohibited; to forbid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
distributed or sold illicitly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the black economy pays no taxes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bootleg, black, black-market, smuggled
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: merchandise, ware, product
History
Etymology
From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَهْرِيب (tahrīb) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Azerbaijani: qaçaqmal — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Bulgarian: контраба́нда (kontrabánda) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Chinese Mandarin: 禁品 (jìnpǐn) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Chinese Mandarin: 違禁品 /违禁品 (wéijìnpǐn) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Czech: kontraband — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Esperanto: kontrabandaĵo — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Finnish: salakuljetustavara — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- French: contrebande — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Galician: contrabando — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- German: Schmuggelware — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- German: Kontrebande — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- German: Konterbande — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Greek: κοντραμπάντο (kontrampánto) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Greek: λαθρεμπόριο (lathrempório) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Hungarian: csempészáru — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Ido: kontrabando — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Italian: contrabbando — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Japanese: 禁制品 (kinseihin) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Japanese: 密売品 (mitsubaihin) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Latvian: kontrabanda — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Māori: parakete — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Norwegian: tyvgods — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Persian: قاچاق (qâčâq) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Plautdietsch: Schlikjhaundel — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Polish: kontrabanda — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Portuguese: contrabando — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Russian: контраба́нда (kontrabánda) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Spanish: contrabando — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Swedish: kontraband — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Ukrainian: контраба́нда (kontrabánda) — goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
- Esperanto: kontrabandi — To import illegally
- Polish: szmuglować — To import illegally
- Portuguese: contrabandear — To import illegally