contraband
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It said the vessel was carrying "2,500 containers of contraband" and had taken an "unauthorised route".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Prisoners need little more than contraband cellphones and well-honed scripts passed inmate to inmate, investigators say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Members of the board questioned the Menendez brothers during their hearing last year about violating prison rules, including using contraband cellphones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But it was clear from that first night on that many men chose to have a contraband phone, accepting the risk in large part to keep in touch with their families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Items whose very name was unheard of began to be sold in stores, along with things that only the rich had previously been able to buy as contraband.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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