Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Trafficking in contravention of the customs laws; smuggling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Traffic in contraband goods; smuggling.
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- noun
traffic incontraband goods ;smuggling
Etymologies
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contraband + -ism
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Examples
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What with intelligent contrabandism, emancipation, the right of suffrage, and the right to ride in omnibuses, we fear that their domestic usefulness will be sadly impaired.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Compared with other crimes then rife in California, contrabandism might almost be reckoned an honest calling.
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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