·noun Illegal or prohibited traffic.
II. Contraband ·vt To declare prohibited; to Forbid.
III. Contraband ·noun Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
IV. Contraband ·vt To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to Smuggle.
V. Contraband ·adj Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
VI. Contraband ·noun A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.