Contraband synonyms
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moonshining
(Informal, US) Illicit production and distribution of liquor.
An illegal resident spy.
Robbery or other serious acts of violence committed at sea.
The criminal offense of intentionally and secretively bringing an item into a country without declaring it to customs officials and paying the associated duties or taxes, or of bringing a prohibited item into a country.
Bootlegged; illegal
black market (related)
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illicit (related)
Having an extremely low probability of occurrence. Used of quantum phenomena:
Not having any authority
prohibited from import or export
poaching
Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.
violation of trade laws
Illegal trafficking
The act of one who counterfeits.
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Illegal trafficking
gunrunning
The smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country
black marketeering
Illegal trafficking
drug traffic
Illegal trafficking
wetbacking
Illegal trafficking
smuggled goods
Illegal goods
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bootlegged goods
Illegal goods
poached goods
Illegal goods
seized goods
Illegal goods
confiscated goods
Illegal goods
goods subject to confiscation
Illegal goods
goods subject to seizure
Illegal goods
contraband of war
War materiel, as ammunition or weapons, which, by international law, may rightfully be intercepted and seized by either belligerent when shipped to the other one by a neutral country
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hot goods
Illegal goods
crime (related)
(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
theft (related)
The act or an instance of stealing; larceny
booty (related)
Goods or property seized by force or piracy.
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A basis for an action or response; a reason:
Whiskey unlawfully distilled; often, specif., such whiskey made from corn and not matured in barrels
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legal (antonym)
The definition of legal is something connected to law or a government’s system of rules.
lawful (antonym)
In conformity with the principles of the law; permitted by law
allowed (antonym)
black-market; unlawful
permitted (antonym)
black-market; unlawful
legal goods (antonym)
black-market production
The definition of black is covered in darkness or having no light.
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illicitly (related)
counterfeit (related)
Find another word for contraband. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for contraband, like: moonshining, narcotics, illegal, piracy, smuggling, bootleg, black market, illicit, forbidden, unauthorized and prohibited from import or export.