contraband
- Noun. (uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
- Noun. (uncountable) goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
- Noun. (context, countable) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
- Adjective. prohibited from being traded.
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