1 : illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling … persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband …— Edmund Burke. 2 : goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden Border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband. also : smuggled goods.

What is an example of a contraband?

An example of contraband items are drugs. Contraband is defined as goods that are against the law to trade or to be imported or exported, or goods that are smuggled or a slave during the Civil War who was behind the Union lines. An example of contraband are drugs being carried across country borders.

What does contraband mean in the Bible?

F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.] Contrabandadjective. prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.