contraband
પ્રતિબંધિત
definition
noun
the police looked for drugs, guns, and other contraband
goods that have been imported or exported illegally.
adjective
contraband drug shipments
imported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty.
translation of 'contraband'
પ્રતિબંધિત માલ,
પ્રતિબંધિત,
નિષિદ્ધ,
નિષિદ્ધ માલ
noun
નિષેધ
example
Most were arrested for prostitution, selling 'contraband' cigarettes and working illegally.
Massive police raids on 'contraband' markets in Mexico City earlier this year met with resistance from vendors who hurled sticks and stones and trashed vehicles to defend their merchandise.
The 'contraband' at park headquarters has a market value totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Membership has instead arguably contributed to a growth in the shadow economy, and most notably, 'contraband' , due to tax harmonization.
‘If his business is clean, we can dismiss the usual explanations of narcotics, 'contraband' or human trafficking,’ he said.
The international cocaine trade re-emerged in Colombia in the 1970s, courtesy of a mafia which cut its teeth on 'contraband' whiskey, marijuana and luxury goods.
Buying and selling 'contraband' , falsifying documentation to achieve employment, evading taxes, and paying bribes to public officials are socially accepted behaviors.
They worked only at night, riding from plantation to plantation, stopping black people, searching their homes for 'contraband' and whipping any slave caught traveling without a written pass.
Last year customs launched a three-year £209 million strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling, but with a flood of 'contraband' cigarettes still easily available, some vendors feel more must be done.
Many of the goods she sells are 'contraband' items smuggled in from The Gambia (about 30 kilometers to the south).
Their assignment is to inspect the vast underbelly of a Greek freighter anchored in New York Bay for possible signs of 'contraband' .
Knowing Rory, he probably ran a little 'contraband' on the side, but the authorities often turn a blind eye to small scale smuggling.
So cooperative are some guards that they will warn prisoners if there is going to be a search of the cells, so the inmates can hide 'contraband' items like weapons, cellular phones and pornographic VCDs.
The mastermind of a massive smuggling operation to flood Yorkshire with millions of 'contraband' cigarettes has been jailed for four years.
I thought it might have been gold or 'contraband' of some kind in relation to this matter.
They will search every compartment and void looking for 'contraband' , weapons… anything that is not supposed to be there.
An initial contingent of 300 forest rangers is being sent into the woods, to be deployed along the country's borders, particularly with Pakistan, where most of the 'contraband' timber is sold.
Apart from fishery protection duties naval ships carry out a variety of other tasks including search and rescue operations and the inspection of craft suspected of carrying illegal drugs or other 'contraband' .
Although the gangs were predominantly comprised of labourers or artisans, who regarded the practice as a legitimate part of the local economy, the 'contraband' reached all sections of society.
Wisconsin upheld a regulation that allowed probation officers to search probationers based on ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe 'contraband' is present.
In addition to signing mutual agreements the leaders discussed drafting policies to battle 'contraband' trade and drug trafficking along the border.
Seizures in Scotland have shown that the Russian mafia disguise their 'contraband' goods by hiding them in tons of scrap metal and rags inside container lorries.
He added that trained police dogs have long been a presence in Army prisons, where they are used for sniffing out narcotics and other 'contraband' among the prisoners, and, occasionally, for riot control.
On the contrary, the moment a book becomes illegal 'contraband' it is suddenly all the more desirable.
As the search team finds 'contraband' , evidence, or illegal weapons, they will evacuate each item to the detention/collection team, which should locate somewhere near the entry point.
Their political power is tied to networks of corruption and 'contraband' .
He carries concealed 'contraband' , which he sneaks into the country in order to avoid inspection by the U.S. Customs Service.
Some girls and boys are used by drug dealers and smugglers to transport and sell drugs and 'contraband' goods and some are used to beg on the streets.
If they catch me, I'll flee across the Mexican border with my truckload of 'contraband' .
Its key characteristic is not cross border shopping and bootlegging but large scale fraud in which millions of cigarettes evade duty and appear on the 'contraband' market.
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