Example sentences for: contraband

How can you use “contraband” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Police say they have rescued two spider monkeys who had been trained to sell contraband drugs by recognizing the colors of different currency.

  • Rum now began bringing in considerable legal (as opposed to contraband) revenue.

  • As the war went on, speedy and camouflaged contraband vessels were built to slip past the ever-increasing Federal patrols.

  • ' Some of it is Australian underworld slang: fruit for the sideboard `easy pickings,' tank a `safe,' track `prison warder who carries contraband messages or goods out of or into a prison for a prisoner.

  • Considerable contraband trade originated from bases around the island.


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