anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.

goods imported or exported illegally.

illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling.

International Law . contraband of war.

(during the American Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.

prohibited from export or import.

adjective

allowed , lawful , legal , permitted

noun

legal goods

adjective

banned , bootleg , bootlegged , disapproved , excluded , forbidden , hot * , illegal , illicit , interdicted , prohibited , proscribed , shut out , smuggled , taboo , unauthorized , verboten

noun

bootlegging , counterfeiting , crime , dealing , goods * , moonshine * , piracy , plunder , poaching , rum-running , smuggling , stuff , swag , theft , trafficking , violation , wetbacking , acquire , banned , bootleg , cause , deflate , develop , illegal , illicit , moonshine , prohibited , smuggled , unlawful