contraband
noun
con·tra·band
ˈkän-trə-ˌband
1
: illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
… persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband …—Edmund Burke
2
: goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden
Border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband.
also
: smuggled goods
3
plural contrabands
: an enslaved person who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines
contraband
adjective
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