1. Noun
Illegal or prohibited traffic.
2. Noun
Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
3. Noun
A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.
4. Adjective
Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
5. Verb
To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
6. Verb
To declare prohibited; to forbid.
7. Noun
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
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