contraband[noun]Synonyms:- smuggling, black-marketing, bootlegging, trafficking
[adjective]Synonyms:- smuggled, banned, bootleg, forbidden, hot
(informal), illegal, illicit, prohibited, unlawful
Related Words: disapproved,
proscribed,
taboo,
forbidden,
prohibited,
excluded,
shut out [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
con‧tra‧band /ˈkɒntrəbænd $ ˈkɑːn-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Italian;
Origin: contrabbando, from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- ( ⇒ contra-) + bannum 'official order']
goods that are brought into a country illegally, especially to avoid tax:
a cargo of contraband—contraband adjective:
contraband cigarettes [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲