The customs agent searched Tom for contraband.
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Contraband
/ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/
Synonyms for "contraband" (133 found)
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Closest matches (27)
actionableagainst the lawanarchicanarchisticanomicbanbannedbarredblack marketblack-marketbootlegbootleg liquorbootychargeablecigarette smugglingcigarettescontrabandagecontrary to lawcriminaldenial
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Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
contraband of war
Strong matches (40)
dope smugglingdrugseighteenth amendmentembargoexcludedexclusionfeloniousflawedforbadeforbidforbiddanceforbiddenforbidden fruitforbiddinggunrunninghothot goodsillegalillegitimateillicit
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impermissibleindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitoruminhibitioninjunctioninterdictinterdictioninterdictumirregularjewel smugglingjewelsjusticiablelawlawless
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Noun(4 words)
narcoticsnarcotics smugglingno nono-nononconstitutionalnonlegalnonlicitnonpermissiblenot permittedoff limitsout of boundsoutlawoutlawedpreclusionpreventionprohibitedprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscribed
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proscriptionpunishablerefusalrejectionrepressionrestrictive covenantsruled outruling outrumrunningrunshut outsmuggled goodssmugglingstatutestolen goodssumptuary lawssuppressiontabootabooedtriableunallowedunauthorizedunconstitutionalunder the banunder-the-counterunder-the-tableunlawfulunlicensedunofficialunpermissibleunsanctionedunstatutoryuntouchableunwarrantableunwarrantedverbotenvetoedvolstead actwrongfulzoningzoning laws
Adjective(1 words)
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9 entriescontraband cigarettescontraband detectioncontraband goodscontraband listcontraband marketcontraband of warcontraband seizurecontraband tobaccocontraband trade
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16 total sentences available.
Tom should have known that bringing contraband into the country would surely involve him with the wrong sort of people.
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Contraband may be confiscated.
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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.
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