Contraband



GRE Barron

解释

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• n. 违禁品, 走私货
• ［英］ n. 违禁品, 走私货 ( illegal trade; smuggled goods)
• ［记］ contra ( 违反) +band ( 规矩) -> 违禁品

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Italian contrabbando, from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- + bannus, bannum decree, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bannan to command — more at ban
• Date: circa 1529
• 1. illegal or prohibited traffic in goods ; smuggling
• 2. goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also smuggled goods
• 3. a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines
• ? contraband adjective

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