bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled
(adjective) distributed or sold illicitly; “the black economy pays no taxes”
contraband
(noun) goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
contraband (usually uncountable, plural contrabands)
(uncountable) any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess
(uncountable) goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods
(countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
contraband (comparative more contraband, superlative most contraband)
prohibited from being traded
contraband (third-person singular simple present contrabands, present participle contrabanding, simple past and past participle contrabanded)
(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
• Hudibras
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tra*band, n. Etym: [It. contrabando; contra + bando ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohobited traffic. Persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband, and the most interested in the seizures. Burke.
2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war. [U.S.] Contraband of war, that which, according to international law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved belligerent. Wharton.
Con"tra*band, a.
Definition: Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade. The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fair trade. Burke.
Con"tra*band, v. t.
1. To import illegaly, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.] The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
