Contraband

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.
  • n. Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling.
  • n. Smuggled goods.
  • n. Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.
  • n. An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines.
  • adj. Prohibited from being imported or exported.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
  • n. goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
  • n. A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
  • adj. prohibited from being traded
  • v. To import illegally; to smuggle.
  • v. To declare prohibited; to forbid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
  • n. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
  • n. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.
  • adj. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden.
  • v. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
  • v. To declare prohibited; to forbid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Prohibited or excluded by proclamation, law, or treaty.
  • n. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
  • n. Anything by law prohibited to be imported or exported.
  • n. In the United States, during the civil war, a negro slave, especially an escaped or a captured slave: so called from a decision of General B. F. Butler, in 1861, that slaves coming into his lines or captured were contraband of war, and so subject to confiscation.
  • To declare prohibited; forbid.
  • To import illegally, as prohibited goods; smuggle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. distributed or sold illicitly
  • n. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
  • Equivalent
    illegal   
    Antonym
    innocent   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    product    merchandise    ware   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forbidden    smuggle    forbid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts