contraband as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
contraband
noun
1 contraband
Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law.
Dutch: contrabande, sluikwaar, smokkelwaar
Polish: kontrabanda, szmugiel, przemyt
adjective
1 contraband
Distributed or sold illicitly.
synonyms: black, black-market, bootleg, smuggled.
Roget 964:
illegal
[contrary to law],
unlawful,
illegitimate;
not allowed,
prohibited
etc.
761;
illicit,
contraband;
actionable.
unwarranted,
unwarrantable;
unauthorized;
informal,
unofficial;
injudicial†,
extrajudicial.
lawless,
arbitrary;
despotic,
despotical†;
corrupt,
summary,
irresponsible;
unanswerable,
unaccountable.
[of invalid or expired law]
expired,
invalid;
unchartered,
unconstitutional;
null and void;
a dead letter.
[in absence of law]
lawless,
unregulated
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Roget 545:
deceived
etc.
v.;
deceiving
&c.;
cunning
etc.
702;
prestigious†,
prestigiatory†;
deceptive,
deceptious†;
deceitful,
covinous†;
delusive,
delusory;
illusive,
illusory;
elusive,
insidious,
ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
untrue
etc.
546;
mock,
sham,
make-believe,
counterfeit,
snide [Slang],
pseudo,
spurious,
supposititious,
so-called,
pretended,
feigned,
trumped up,
bogus,
scamped,
fraudulent,
tricky,
factitious bastard;
surreptitious,
illegitimate,
contraband,
adulterated,
sophisticated;
unsound,
rotten at the core;
colorable;
disguised;
meretricious,
tinsel,
pinchbeck,
plated;
catchpenny;
Brummagem.
artificial,
synthetic,
ersatz [G.];
simulated
etc.
544.
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Roget 761:
prohibitive,
prohibitory;
proscriptive;
restrictive,
exclusive;
forbidding
etc.
v..
prohibited
etc.
v.;
not permitted
etc.
760;
unlicensed,
contraband,
impermissible,
under the ban of;
illegal
etc.
964;
unauthorized,
not to be thought of,
uncountenanced,
unthinkable,
beyond the pale.
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