contraband
माल
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'
कायद्याने मना केलेला जिन्नस,
जकात चूकवून आणलेला माल
example
Many 'contraband' items such as drugs are smuggled in without being declared even though it is common knowledge that the drugs trade exists.
It means that if a policeman tries to use illegally obtained 'contraband' as evidence to charge a suspect, the court will readily strike down such illicit evidence.
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.
The 'contraband' at park headquarters has a market value totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Those people were processed to make sure they had no weapons, no illicit dugs, no alcohol, no 'contraband' , and then they were escorted back into the building.
I thought it might have been gold or 'contraband' of some kind in relation to this matter.
Buying and selling 'contraband' , falsifying documentation to achieve employment, evading taxes, and paying bribes to public officials are socially accepted behaviors.
Warden replied that forfeiture ‘typically extends to the proceeds of some crime or 'contraband' .’
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.
Their assignment is to inspect the vast underbelly of a Greek freighter anchored in New York Bay for possible signs of 'contraband' .
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.
He carries concealed 'contraband' , which he sneaks into the country in order to avoid inspection by the U.S. Customs Service.
The intent, apparently, was to patrol an area that was known for 'contraband' trafficking, but it was an undocumented mission.
Membership has instead arguably contributed to a growth in the shadow economy, and most notably, 'contraband' , due to tax harmonization.
There is no doubt that without the dogs some of that 'contraband' would go on down the road.
I have researched 'contraband' caviar in Azerbaijan, in Astrakhan, and Moscow and have seen the toll it took on depleting fish stocks.
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.
Apart from fishery protection duties naval ships carry out a variety of other tasks including search and rescue operations and the inspection of craft suspected of carrying illegal drugs or other 'contraband' .
You need to discuss your rights to living in an environment free of 'contraband' and illegal activity, your right to privacy, and the need for a fair and sanctioned visitation policy.
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.
Although the gangs were predominantly comprised of labourers or artisans, who regarded the practice as a legitimate part of the local economy, the 'contraband' reached all sections of society.
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.
‘If his business is clean, we can dismiss the usual explanations of narcotics, 'contraband' or human trafficking,’ he said.
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.
They will search every compartment and void looking for 'contraband' , weapons… anything that is not supposed to be there.
But 90 per cent of those polled also backed random searches for 'contraband' - and educational authorities are making moves to ‘get tough in the war on drugs’.
Many of the goods she sells are 'contraband' items smuggled in from The Gambia (about 30 kilometers to the south).
Smuggling is not a small phenomenon: we have estimated that, globally, a third of legal cigarette exports disappear into the 'contraband' market.
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