contraband
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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'
noun
barang gelap
example
The price differential is now €1.14 per litre in the North against 79 cent in the Republic, making for a lucrative 'contraband' market.
It is thought this could take anywhere between three and 10 days to complete given the size of the ship and its cargo, which is perfect for hiding 'contraband' .
The practice is certainly not confined to housewives buying more sugar to fill up their pantry, nor to small-time smugglers holding 'contraband' merchandise in mountain-caves.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
There will increasingly be times when, encountering terrorists, 'contraband' smugglers, or others who are seeking to breach the law, customs officers will find themselves having to deal with this threat alone.
Lucian's family had a history of smuggling and trading 'contraband' items when taxes got too high for people's tolerance.
This lust for profit means they will trade in anything that makes money: drugs, 'contraband' goods, even illegal immigrants.
It means that if a policeman tries to use illegally obtained 'contraband' as evidence to charge a suspect, the court will readily strike down such illicit evidence.
Those people were processed to make sure they had no weapons, no illicit dugs, no alcohol, no 'contraband' , and then they were escorted back into the building.
‘I'm convinced that such illegal activities will cease as soon as the police arrest the 'contraband' mafia bosses,’ she said.
The 'contraband' at park headquarters has a market value totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I thought it might have been gold or 'contraband' of some kind in relation to this matter.
In addition to signing mutual agreements the leaders discussed drafting policies to battle 'contraband' trade and drug trafficking along the border.
But like drugs, and alcohol during Prohibition, black-market 'contraband' always provides a means to acquire whatever is the forbidden fruit of the moment.
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 carries concealed 'contraband' , which he sneaks into the country in order to avoid inspection by the U.S. Customs Service.
Knowing Rory, he probably ran a little 'contraband' on the side, but the authorities often turn a blind eye to small scale smuggling.
The tip-off led to the discovery of an illegal cigarette importation racket and a large quantity of 'contraband' was seized.
In 1728 Spain founded the Caracas Company to combat this 'contraband' and to control exports to Spain from the region.
Wisconsin upheld a regulation that allowed probation officers to search probationers based on ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe 'contraband' is present.
Smuggling is not a small phenomenon: we have estimated that, globally, a third of legal cigarette exports disappear into the 'contraband' market.
A comparison of Colombian tobacco imports with US tobacco exports reveals just how many 'contraband' cigarettes were being shipped southward from the United States.
I have researched 'contraband' caviar in Azerbaijan, in Astrakhan, and Moscow and have seen the toll it took on depleting fish stocks.
Although I may agree that criminalizing alcohol was ridiculous, I cannot sanction the support that people gave criminal enterprises through their 'contraband' purchases.
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' .
Smugglers and drug traffickers will find it even harder to sneak in 'contraband' goods.
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