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BNC: 35592 COCA: 19922

contraband

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contraband /ˈkɑːntrəˌbænd/ noun
contraband
/ˈkɑːntrəˌbænd/
noun
Learner's definition of CONTRABAND
[noncount]
: things that are brought into or out of a country illegally(非法带入或带出国境的)违禁品,走私货
BNC: 35592 COCA: 19922

contraband

noun

con·​tra·​band ˈkän-trə-ˌband How to pronounce contraband (audio)
1
: illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
… persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband Edmund Burke
2
: goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden
Border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband.
also : smuggled goods
3
plural contrabands : an enslaved person who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines
contraband adjective

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Contraband first appeared in English in the early 1500s as a borrowing of Italian contrabbando. This Italian word can be traced to the Medieval Latin word contrabannum, a combination of contra- ("against") and bannum ("decree"). Bannum is Germanic in origin and is related to Old High German bannan ("to command"). Bannan is also related to Middle English bannen ("to summon or to curse"), the source of the English verb ban, which now means "to prohibit" but which once also meant "to curse."

Example Sentences

The border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband.
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Italian; Middle French contrebande, borrowed from Italian contrabando (later contrabbando), originally Upper Italian (Venetian) chontrabando (Medieval Latin of Venice contrabannum), from contra- contra- + bando "proclamation, edict, law," borrowed from Gothic bandwo "sign, signal" — more at band entry 3

First Known Use

circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of contraband was circa 1540
BNC: 35592 COCA: 19922

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