Words similar to contraband
Example sentences for: contraband
How can you use “contraband” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
As the war went on, speedy and camouflaged contraband vessels were built to slip past the ever-increasing Federal patrols.
A tobacco industry lawyer is quoted in the NYT saying that the measure would lead to "a massive contraband market," and would "almost certainly drive companies into bankruptcy."
The inspection activities are for a variety of purposes: to ensure that dutiable merchandise is declared, to seize contraband (such as narcotics and illegal drugs), to detect infringements of patent and copyright laws, and so forth.
Counterterrorism investigations often overlap or are cued by other criminal investigations, such as money laundering or the smuggling of contraband.
' 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.