contraband
ನಿಷಿದ್ಧ
definition
noun
the police looked for drugs, guns, and other contraband
goods that have been imported or exported illegally.
adjective
contraband drug shipments
imported or exported illegally, either in defiance of a total ban or without payment of duty.
translation of 'contraband '
noun
ಕಳ್ಳವ್ಯಾಪಾರ
example
On the contrary, the moment a book becomes illegal 'contraband' it is suddenly all the more desirable.
Other government figures said the dispatch of soldiers to the border was to curb 'contraband' traffic in the region.
Smugglers and drug traffickers will find it even harder to sneak in 'contraband' goods.
I thought it might have been gold or 'contraband' of some kind in relation to this matter.
The proceeds of the drugs trade or other 'contraband' finance organised crime groups.
The ability to detect drugs and other unauthorised items will be improved, notably by the provision of a more effective searching procedure to be used where it is reasonably believed that a prisoner is concealing 'contraband' .
So cooperative are some guards that they will warn prisoners if there is going to be a search of the cells, so the inmates can hide 'contraband' items like weapons, cellular phones and pornographic VCDs.
It survived on 'contraband' and piracy, trading cattle, hides, sugar, tobacco, and foodstuffs directly with other nations.
Its key characteristic is not cross border shopping and bootlegging but large scale fraud in which millions of cigarettes evade duty and appear on the 'contraband' market.
We will take the fight to all those involved in piracy and 'contraband' trafficking.
Membership has instead arguably contributed to a growth in the shadow economy, and most notably, 'contraband' , due to tax harmonization.
You were with me, and we were busy busting that international 'contraband' gang.
At a frontier, one's personal belongings are subject to scrutiny, one's suitcases opened and searched for 'contraband' , and one's passport examined to ensure that one's credentials are in order, and all this is done by a customs officer.
A comparison of Colombian tobacco imports with US tobacco exports reveals just how many 'contraband' cigarettes were being shipped southward from the United States.
The 'contraband' at park headquarters has a market value totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The intent, apparently, was to patrol an area that was known for 'contraband' trafficking, but it was an undocumented mission.
As the search team finds 'contraband' , evidence, or illegal weapons, they will evacuate each item to the detention/collection team, which should locate somewhere near the entry point.
The practice is certainly not confined to housewives buying more sugar to fill up their pantry, nor to small-time smugglers holding 'contraband' merchandise in mountain-caves.
The Dutch bought 'contraband' cacao from Caracas producers, and shipped it to Amsterdam, which soon became the main supplier of cacao to Europe, including Spain itself.
Massive police raids on 'contraband' markets in Mexico City earlier this year met with resistance from vendors who hurled sticks and stones and trashed vehicles to defend their merchandise.
They worked only at night, riding from plantation to plantation, stopping black people, searching their homes for 'contraband' and whipping any slave caught traveling without a written pass.
With caves, coves and beaches round the island, there was many a hiding place for smugglers, and 'contraband' was a way of life on Portland - with even the man employed by the government to put a stop to the practice deeply involved.
Most were arrested for prostitution, selling 'contraband' cigarettes and working illegally.
He added that trained police dogs have long been a presence in Army prisons, where they are used for sniffing out narcotics and other 'contraband' among the prisoners, and, occasionally, for riot control.
There will increasingly be times when, encountering terrorists, 'contraband' smugglers, or others who are seeking to breach the law, customs officers will find themselves having to deal with this threat alone.
But like drugs, and alcohol during Prohibition, black-market 'contraband' always provides a means to acquire whatever is the forbidden fruit of the moment.
They will search every compartment and void looking for 'contraband' , weapons… anything that is not supposed to be there.
A Chinese fishing boat disguised as a Taiwanese vessel was intercepted off the coast early yesterday while it was attempting to smuggle a large amount of 'contraband' cigarettes to Taiwan.
Casey, thank you for that report, a report of success in dealing with the 'contraband' and the smugglers in the weaponry for global terrorism.
Last year customs launched a three-year £209 million strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling, but with a flood of 'contraband' cigarettes still easily available, some vendors feel more must be done.
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