contraband

noun
🔊/ˈkɒntrəbænd/
🔊/ˈkɑːntrəbænd/
[uncountable]
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  1. goods that are illegally taken into or out of a country(非法带入或带出国境的)禁运品,走私货
    • contraband goods违禁货物
    • to smuggle contraband走私违禁品
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish contrabanda, from Italian contrabando, from contra- ‘against’ + bando ‘proclamation, ban’.