contraband
ਹੈਰੋਇਨ
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.
example
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.
The price differential is now €1.14 per litre in the North against 79 cent in the Republic, making for a lucrative 'contraband' market.
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.
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.
Lucian's family had a history of smuggling and trading 'contraband' items when taxes got too high for people's tolerance.
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 'contraband' at park headquarters has a market value totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The international cocaine trade re-emerged in Colombia in the 1970s, courtesy of a mafia which cut its teeth on 'contraband' whiskey, marijuana and luxury goods.
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.
You were with me, and we were busy busting that international 'contraband' gang.
‘If his business is clean, we can dismiss the usual explanations of narcotics, 'contraband' or human trafficking,’ he said.
Some girls and boys are used by drug dealers and smugglers to transport and sell drugs and 'contraband' goods and some are used to beg on the streets.
They will search every compartment and void looking for 'contraband' , weapons… anything that is not supposed to be there.
Their assignment is to inspect the vast underbelly of a Greek freighter anchored in New York Bay for possible signs of 'contraband' .
Buying and selling 'contraband' , falsifying documentation to achieve employment, evading taxes, and paying bribes to public officials are socially accepted behaviors.
He has been charged with attempting to smuggle 'contraband' drugs.
Many 'contraband' items such as drugs are smuggled in without being declared even though it is common knowledge that the drugs trade exists.
Other government figures said the dispatch of soldiers to the border was to curb 'contraband' traffic in the region.
An initial contingent of 300 forest rangers is being sent into the woods, to be deployed along the country's borders, particularly with Pakistan, where most of the 'contraband' timber is sold.
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.
In addition to signing mutual agreements the leaders discussed drafting policies to battle 'contraband' trade and drug trafficking along the border.
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.
Most were arrested for prostitution, selling 'contraband' cigarettes and working illegally.
Warden replied that forfeiture ‘typically extends to the proceeds of some crime or 'contraband' .’
Many of the goods she sells are 'contraband' items smuggled in from The Gambia (about 30 kilometers to the south).
The intent, apparently, was to patrol an area that was known for 'contraband' trafficking, but it was an undocumented mission.
It is thought this could take anywhere between three and 10 days to complete given the size of the ship and its cargo, which is perfect for hiding 'contraband' .
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.
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