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单词 absolute contraband
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absolute contraband
3. (In full contraband of war.) Anything (esp. arms, stores, or other things available for hostile purposes) forbidden to be supplied by neutrals to belligerents in time of war, and liable by the law of nations to be captured and confiscated. Also absolute contraband (see quots.); opposed to conditional contraband, anything (such as coal, provisions, vehicles) that may be treated as contraband if it is intended for warlike purposes.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun]
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armourer?c1400
artilleryc1405
habiliments1422
artry1447
armaturea1460
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munitionc1515
furnishments1559
furniture1569
equipage1579
ammunition?1588
magazine1588
victuals1653
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > smuggled or contraband goods > during war
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1753 Scots Mag. Mar. 121/1 They are carrying contraband to the enemy.
1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 306 Contraband of war will always be seized by the powerful..during a blockade.
1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. vii. 125 It is natural that they should desire to diminish the list of contraband as much as possible.
1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 63 As to Messrs. Slidell and Mason being or not being contraband, the General answers for it..that they bore that character.
1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. vii. 129 With the exception of contraband of war.
1905 T. E. Holland Let. to ‘The Times’ 1 July (1909) 109 Russia consented to recognise the..distinction between ‘absolute’ and ‘conditional’ contraband... Cotton has now followed foodstuffs into the category of ‘conditional’ contraband.
1939 W. Arnold-Forster Blockade, 1914–1919 6 Absolute Contraband consisted of articles used only for military purposes, such as artillery.
1939 W. Arnold-Forster Blockade, 1914–1919 6 Conditional Contraband consisted of certain commodities that might be used either for military or civilian purposes, including food, fuel, and lubricants.
extracted from contrabandn.adj.
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