Example sentences for: contraband

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

  • Counterterrorism investigations often overlap or are cued by other criminal investigations, such as money laundering or the smuggling of contraband.

  • 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."

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

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

  • In the beginning came five years later, when Tyndale's similarly contraband Pentateuch started arriving from Europe.


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