The customs agent searched Tom for contraband.
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Contraband
//ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd//
Synonyms for "contraband" (123 found)
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Strong matches (37)
Related words (61)
narcotics smugglingno nono-nononconstitutionalnonlegalnonlicitnonpermissiblenot permittedoff limitsout of boundsoutlawoutlawedpreclusionpreventionprohibitedprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscribedproscription
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31 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَهْرِيب noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçaqmal noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Bulgarian
1 entries- контраба́нда noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 禁品 noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- 違禁品 /违禁品 noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Czech
1 entries- kontraband noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Finnish
1 entries- salakuljetustavara noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
French
1 entries- contrebande noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Galician
1 entries- contrabando noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
German
2 entries- Kontrebande noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- Schmuggelware noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Greek
2 entries- κοντραμπάντο noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- λαθρεμπόριο noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Hungarian
1 entries- csempészáru noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Ido
1 entries- kontrabando noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Italian
1 entries- contrabbando noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Japanese
2 entries- 密売品 noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- 禁制品 noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Latvian
1 entries- kontrabanda noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Māori
1 entries- parakete noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Norwegian
1 entries- tyvgods noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Persian
1 entries- قاچاق noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlikjhaundel noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Polish
2 entries- kontrabanda noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- szmuglować verb (To import illegally)
Portuguese
2 entries- contrabando noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- contrabandear verb (To import illegally)
Russian
1 entries- контраба́нда noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Spanish
1 entries- contrabando noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Swedish
1 entries- kontraband noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Ukrainian
1 entries- контраба́нда noun (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom should have known that bringing contraband into the country would surely involve him with the wrong sort of people.
Source: tatoeba (5323880)
Contraband may be confiscated.
Source: tatoeba (5733204)
Don't fear! This way he certainly won't think that you've brought any contraband, and won't cause a holdup by checking over your luggage.
Source: tatoeba (6276623)
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