Word Meaning

contraband definition and meaning

n. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
n. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
n. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.
a. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
v. t. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
v. t. To declare prohibited; to forbid.

Crossword clues for contraband

- Illegal traffic
- Prohibited