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contrabands

contrabands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contraband.

contrabands is the plural 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 contrabands

What is contrabands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contrabands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contraband.

Words near contrabands in the dictionary

  1. contrabandism
  2. contrabandist
  3. contrabandista
  4. contrabandistas
  5. contrabandists
  6. contrabands
  7. contrabass
  8. contrabass bugle
  9. contrabass bugles
  10. contrabass clarinet
  11. contrabass clarinets

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