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    [Noun]  | "con*tra*band" | \ ˈkän-trə-ˌband \


    1: illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling

    2: goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also : smuggled goods

    3: an enslaved person who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines


    Origin: circa 1540 ;

     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- {see: |contra-|contra-} + bando "proclamation, edict, law," borrowed from Gothic bandwo "sign, signal" {mat|band:3|};

    [Adjective]  | "contraband" 


    1: not legally permissible to possess, import, or export;


      * e.g., " ... The customs agents searched the shipping containers for contraband items. "





     [ "contraband" ]

    1: Drugs or drug-related items. Ex: weed, pipe, rolling papers, tin foil (heavily smoldered), baggies, visine, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hide your contraband, the po-lice are coming!!" 


     [ "contraband" ]

    2: Mostly illegal items.

     [ "contraband" ]

    1: Amazing album by Velvet Revolver, who played at the Hyde Park Live 8 in London.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, Velvet Revolver's new album Contraband ROCKS 

     [ "Nigga Contraband" ]

    1: Phrases, Words, or even material such as racist YouTube videos that white people share with each other but would never show their black friends.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: I say fellow white person, search for ______ on YouTube. I found it racially hilarious. Person 2: HAHAHA, but make sure the niggas don't find out, thats Nigga Contraband. 

     [ "Bloody Tampon Contraband" ]

    1: A used tampon placed in a plastic bag. The person who carries bloody tampon contraband is eager to be searched. Repeat offenders often carry bloody tampon contraband to discourage unlawful searches by police and other authorities.

      * e.g.,  ... I hope that cop tries to search me again, this time I got a present for him. When he reaches in my pocket this time all he is gonna find is bloody tampon contraband. 

     [ "contraband papi" ]

    1: A sweater or hoodie that is borrowed from an elderly person.

      * e.g.,  ... “omg i love your sweater!” thanks, it s a contraband papi” 

     [ "reverse-contraband" ]

    1: The opposite of contraband (desirable/valuable items which you do not own but wish to possess), this term refers to decidedly UNdesirable/useless items (heaps of trash, bald tires, hideous-looking/sloppy-fitting clothing, etc.) which ARE indeed legally yours, but which you strongly wish to get rid of.

      * e.g.,  ... I got busted for "non-possession of reverse-contraband" when I was attempting to dispose of a truckload of moldy mattresses by throwing them into a ravine. 

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