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contrabanded

contrabanded is the simple past and past participle of contraband.

Meaning of contraband

Verb

contraband (third-person singular simple present contrabands, present participle contrabanding, simple past and past participle contrabanded)

  1. (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.
    • there are also searched for concealed Slaves, and goods contrabanded1615, George Sandys, “The Second Booke”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC, page 87
  2. (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.
    • The law severely contrabands / Our taking business off men's hands.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

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Questions about contrabanded

What is contrabanded the simple past and past participle of?
Contrabanded is the simple past and past participle of contraband.

Words near contrabanded in the dictionary

  1. contra-trading
  2. contrabalanced
  3. contraband
  4. contraband of war
  5. contrabandage
  6. contrabanded
  7. contrabander
  8. contrabanders
  9. contrabanding
  10. contrabandism
  11. contrabandist

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