单词 | contraband |
释义 | contraband /kon"treuh band'/, n. 1. anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported. 2. goods imported or exported illegally. 3. illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling. 4. Internat. Law. See contraband of war. 5. (during the American Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines. adj. 6. prohibited from export or import. [1520-30; earlier contrabanda < Sp < It contrabando (now contrabbando), equiv. to contra- CONTRA-1 + ML bandum, var. of bannum BAN2] |
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