contraband vs smuggling

contraband

noun
  • Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. 

  • Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess. 

  • A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces. 

adj
  • Prohibited from being traded. 

smuggling

noun
  • An act of something being smuggled. 

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