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contraband

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Noun

  1. Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
  2. Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
  3. A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.

Adjective

  1. Prohibited from being traded.

Verb

  1. To import illegally; to smuggle.
  2. To declare prohibited; to forbid.

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