contraband
noun
[ ˈkɒntrəband ]
• goods that have been imported or exported illegally.
• "customs men had searched the carriages for contraband"
contraband
adjective
• imported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty.
• "contraband brandy"
Similar:
smuggled,
black-market,
bootleg,
bootlegged,
under the counter,
illegal,
illicit,
unlawful,
prohibited,
banned,
proscribed,
forbidden,
interdicted,
hot,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Spanish contrabanda, from Italian contrabando, from contra- ‘against’ + bando ‘proclamation, ban’.
