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:
' 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.
As the war went on, speedy and camouflaged contraband vessels were built to slip past the ever-increasing Federal patrols.
They stashed cocaine and marijuana in food trays and used their security clearances to transport the contraband.
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.
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."