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Definition of: contraband
(kon′trə·band) adjective
Prohibited or excluded, as by military law; forbidden.
—noun
1. Contraband goods or trade.
2. Any fugitive slave who took refuge within the Union lines during the Civil War.
3. Contraband of war. [<Sp. contrabanda a smuggling <Ital. contrabando <contra against + bando <LL bannum law, proclamation]
—con′tra·band′ist noun
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