There was a small amount of contraband found on the plane. From LearnThat.org.
The commodity most recently sought to be brought into the list as contraband is coal. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity] Reference
From that time the word contraband was used in common speech to indicate an escaped slave. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln]
Originally, Freedman's Village residents were buried with the word contraband on their gravestones. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
The ship and cargo are taken into a port of the captor; the contraband is condemned in a prizecourt. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident] Reference
I had some advantage by the contraband, that is no felony. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering] Reference
He is called a contraband, just the same as if he were an ox or a horse. From Wordnik.com. [Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted.] Reference
This greatly facilitates in the importing of contraband, which is prevalent. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
"Yes, I know it; but a contraband is a free man, and I heartily congratulate you.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
Verke called the contraband cell phones and sim cards as dangerous as weapons inside prisons. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Articles which a neutral nation is not allowed to carry to an enemy, are called contraband goods. From Wordnik.com. [The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.] Reference
Philipinas as liberal and beyond the excess of what is carried as contraband, which is a very large amount. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
I am not sure it would be pleasant to smuggle in such a vessel, though your contraband is a merry trade, after all. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Rover] Reference
We believe the practice of seizing what is called contraband of war, is an abusive practice, not founded in natural right. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3] Reference
KOCH: Now, what kind of contraband are you finding?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2002] Reference
It isn't clear what categories of "contraband" are included in this statement. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
If this involved any kind of contraband other than firearms, civil libertarians would be in a tizzy. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Emboldenment Effect'] Reference
In particular, the Greek bourgeoisie was thought of as 'contraband', as agents of foreign (authentic) bourgeoisies. From Wordnik.com. [Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity] Reference
At these points the cargoes were looked over and any war materials or goods which were regarded as "contraband" were seized. From Wordnik.com. [The United States Since the Civil War] Reference
DEAR CONTINENTAL: Let me give you a true version of an anecdote touching the 'contraband' question: it may do for the Drawer. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
They carried boxes of "contraband," or items that the Israeli government has barred from passing through the blockaded border in Gaza. From Wordnik.com. [CODEPINK To Host Week Long Human Rights Protest At Israel/Gaza Border] Reference
Who knows what kind of contraband is lurking in there?. From Wordnik.com. [David Lebovitz] Reference
And my beef further extends to what constitutes "contraband", incidentally. From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
The stroke was welcomed with cheers and laughter; and "contraband" became a catchword. From Wordnik.com. [The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement] Reference
They had the same odds of finding "contraband" on me at that point as they did DeFazio. From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
Sailors would often smuggle in contraband which is how Maris got his very first Muscle magazine. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
Somers told his adventures to the mess, omitting such military information as was "contraband" in the camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer] Reference
The idea was so pertinent, and the justice of it so plain that the name "contraband" sprang at once into use. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
And how does the removal of my shoes, coat, jewelry and other security "contraband" make flying safer, exactly?. From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
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