contraband

Example Sentences

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After a visit home, I returned to campus with a stockpile, like a confectionery smuggler crossing state lines with sugary contraband stuffed between sweatshirts in my suitcase.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

According to the ICE website, the HSI investigates global threats, investigating the illegal movement of people, goods, money, contraband, weapons and sensitive technology into, out of, and through the United States.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

In its efforts to combat contraband, the agency had learned how smugglers moved goods across the border, taking advantage of corruption in the ranks of Russian customs authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Women gather on the shores of Bombay's Chowpatty Beach, ready to make contraband salt.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

It was not the naughty insomnia that resulted from a trip out to the shed to listen to the contraband station.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez