Contraband is an English word with synonyms like bootleg or black. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Contraband meaning
- Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.
- Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.
- A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
Using Contraband
- The main meaning on this page is: Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess. | Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. | A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.
- Useful related words include: bootleg, black, black-market, smuggled.
- In the example corpus, contraband often appears in combinations such as: the contraband, of contraband, contraband items.
Context around Contraband
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contraband
- In this selection, "contraband" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, illegal, deliver, get, drugs, cigarettes and case stand out and add context to how "contraband" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include access to contraband drugs sharp and and the contraband substance were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contraband" sits close to words such as armament, bassett and bullshit, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contraband
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We will never be able to eliminate contraband, never. (9 words)
Truck drivers who are his friends smuggled the contraband from Bengaluru. (11 words)
Andrea N. Lovato, 26: warrant – introduction of contraband, distribution of a controlled substance (Sterling). (14 words)
The contraband parcel containing 11.6 kg of foreign origin gold valued at Rs 7.13 crore was retrieved from the seabed with the help of the Coast Guard expert drivers and the same was seized along with the boat used for smuggling,” the statement said. (46 words)
They are mixed in with the general population, they have access to contraband, drugs, sharp implements, to cell phones and given the conditions at the prisons, there is not much I can do in relation to how they are housed,” the prison chief said. (44 words)
Further, mentioning that Phulbari is expected to be the next commercial hub of the region, he said that commercialization has both advantages and disadvantages adding that undesirable goods such as contraband drugs also come along with it. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A former federal corrections officer has pleaded guilty to taking bribes in exchange for providing illegal contraband to people detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park.
Further, mentioning that Phulbari is expected to be the next commercial hub of the region, he said that commercialization has both advantages and disadvantages adding that undesirable goods such as contraband drugs also come along with it.
He and advocates on his behalf maintained during his trial and afterthat he had thought he was helping to deliver contraband cigarettes for a friend, but the court didn’t believe him.
It is relatively easy for prisoners to get contraband into the jail via throw-overs because the prison exercise area is close to the prison wall.
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Ministers have promised a crackdown after a surge in the number of affairs between prison staff and inmates - with criminals exploiting illicit relationships to smuggle contraband into jails.
Statutory instruments that facilitate illegal immigration are often not easy to spot because, like contraband, they are hidden inside legislation that seems to address another matter.
The contraband parcel containing 11.6 kg of foreign origin gold valued at Rs 7.13 crore was retrieved from the seabed with the help of the Coast Guard expert drivers and the same was seized along with the boat used for smuggling,” the statement said.
The plaintiff, Cordarlrius Sledge, stated that he was an inmate in 2015 when Haley and another corrections officer accused him of flushing contraband.
The Prison Head calls on both Prison Officers and civilians to recognise the dangers at which they place themselves, society and inmates by engaging in the trade of contraband within the penitentiary’s walls.
There is no prison yard, and exercise consists of pacing back and forth in another cell, during which time the cells of inmates are checked by guards for contraband.
They are mixed in with the general population, they have access to contraband, drugs, sharp implements, to cell phones and given the conditions at the prisons, there is not much I can do in relation to how they are housed,” the prison chief said.
They said the weapons and the contraband substance were meant for a terrorist outfit in the Valley.
Three years later, Torres again seized control of the county jails, using contraband cellphones to run them from his Northern California prison cell.
Truck drivers who are his friends smuggled the contraband from Bengaluru.
We will never be able to eliminate contraband, never.
Andrea N. Lovato, 26: warrant – introduction of contraband, distribution of a controlled substance (Sterling).
An inmate at the Floyd County Dalante Raheem Stevenson, 26 of Savannah, was booked into the Floyd County Jail this week after he was found in possession of contraband.
A prime issue at the institution has long been illegal contraband making its way inside.
Aside from stopping contraband, the service also took part in rescuing people at sea.
Common combinations with contraband
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the contraband 20×
- of contraband 19×
- contraband items 10×
- and contraband 7×
- with contraband 7×
- contraband into 6×
- contraband in 6×
- contraband the 5×
- contraband and 5×
- contraband to 4×