Definition of contraband

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Contraband (n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war..

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Contraband :: Contraband (a.) Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade..
Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle..
Contrabandism :: Contrabandism (n.) Traffic in contraband goods; smuggling.
Contraband :: Contraband (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic.
Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods..
Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
Infection :: Infection (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication..
Owler :: Owler (v. i.) One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n..
Contraband :: Contraband (n.) A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war..
Innocent :: Innocent (a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation..
Owl :: Owl (v. i.) Hence, to carry on any contraband trade..
Contraband :: Contraband (n.) Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
Contrabandist :: Contrabandist (n.) One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.
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